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Son of Alexander Hugh Thomas and Sarah Ann McInnes from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
On 12 March 1942, Ingerto, which had strayed from convoy ON-70 en route from the Clyde, England, to Mobile, Alabama, was torpedoed at 3:36 pm by U-578 about 370 miles (596 km) south-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, position 41°33'N/51°02'W. All 32 crew members, including the captain, lost their lives.
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Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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