Seaman William Bouzan

Son of Michael Bouzan and Clara English of Newfoundland.

On January 4, 1916, the Coquet was on route from Torreviega, Spain, to Rangoon, Burma, with a cargo of salt, when at about 10:45 a.m., the U-34 opened fire with its deck gun 200 miles (322 km) east of Malta. Boarded by a German team, the Coquet was scuttled and sunk, position 35°34'N/18°22'E. The 31 sailors were left to their fate. One of the two lifeboats landed on the shores of Libya six days later. The men were attacked by Arab Bedouins on an unknown date, killing three of them. Wounded, the captain feigned death while ten of his unidentified men were taken prisoner and taken into the desert. They were never seen again. Captain Groom took a different route and reached an Italian camp and was repatriated. So the date of Bouzan's death is approximate.