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On April 27, 1917, the Alfalfa was en route alone from Newport, England, to the Mediterranean when she was torpedoed by UB-31 30 miles (48 km) southeast of the Isles of Scilly, off Cornwall, position 49°15'N/06°20'W. All 30 crew members perished. The ship was reported missing on 6 May 1917, which justifies the date of death in the archives.
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Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Third Engineer John Joseph Curran
Digital gallery of
Third Engineer John Joseph Curran
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 21 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
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