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Thomas Joseph Pulcine

In memory of:

Fireman Thomas Joseph Pulcine

February 24, 1941

Military Service


Age:

41

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

S.S. Sirikishna (Leith, Scotland) (164367)

Additional Information


Born:

September 26, 1899
Renfrew, Ontario

Son of Henry James Pulcine and Mary McCarthy from Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario. Husband of Bridget Ann McElligott from Ottawa, Ontario.

At 03:26 on 12 June 1941, U-371 fired two torpedoes at a Kent-type ship identified as the Silverpalm, which sank in 38 minutes, North Atlantic, position 56°27'N/25°12'W. The captain, 53 crew members, eleven gunners and three passengers lost their lives, leaving no survivors. The ship was last seen on 1 June and was reported missing on 8 June 1941, which explains this date in the records.

Commemorated on Page 215 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Panel 19.

Location:

The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:

1914-1939
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

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