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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Sailor
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine
Division:
SV Elsie Burdett (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Birth:
January 1, 1893
Burgeo
Death:
March 30, 1918
North Atlantic
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Collier, of Burgeo, Newfoundland.
On 3 April 1918, the Elsie Burdett sailed the North Atlantic from Oporto, Portugal, bound for Burgeo, Newfoundland. This sailing schooner was intercepted by U-152, which sank her in position 44°38'N/24°28'W. The six crew members found refuge in a lifeboat that was never seen again.
Digital gallery of Sailor Ward Collier
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sailor Ward Collier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 19 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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