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In memory of:

Oiler Paul Jean Bourgetel

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Military service

Age: 33
Rank: Oiler
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. P.L.M. 27 (Glasgow, Scotland) (165979)
Birth: September 30, 1909 Paris, France
Death: November 2, 1942

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Son of Gabriel Eugène Victor and Marthe Bourgetel of Montréal, Québec.

On November 2, 1942, the P.L.M. 27 was at anchor off Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, position 47°36'N/52°58'W, waiting to join convoy WB-9 when she was torpedoed by U-518. Seven sailors lost their lives. The captain, 35 crew members and six gunners had to swim to shore.

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Page 98 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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BELL ISLAND ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada

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