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Military service
Age:
57
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Grayburn (London, England) (166570)
Birth:
January 1, 1884
Conception Harbour, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
June 29, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19.
Additional information
Son of Edward Wade and Catherine Josephine Costello from Conception Harbour, Newfoundland. Husband of Nellie Lewis from Conception Harbour. Father of Rita Wade.
A member of convoy HX-133, she was torpedoed at 0030 hours on 29 June 1941 by U-651 and sank off Iceland, position 59°30'N/18°07'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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