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Military service
Age:
55
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
RMS Lady Hawkins (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (155047)
Birth:
April 15, 1886
La Have Islands, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Death:
January 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 21.
Additional information
Son of William Henry Bush and Letitia Margaret Publicover, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Husband of Catherine Delilah Corkum. Father of Lester Henry Bush.
Lady Hawkins was torpedoed on January 19, 1942, at 7:43 a.m. by U-66 and sank east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, position 35°N/72°30'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 104 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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