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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Boatswain
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SV Little Gem, a two-masted schooner(Fowey, Cornwall, England)
Birth:
Prince Edward Island
Death:
December 13, 1917
West of Newfoundland
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Born in Prince Edward Island.
On 13 December 1917, the sailing ship Little Gem was sailing from Oporto, Portugal, to Gautois, Newfoundland, when she was boarded by U-87 and sunk by explosive charges west of Casquets, Channel Islands, Newfoundland. Five crew members, including the captain, were killed.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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