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Daughter of John and Elizabeth Oliphant; wife of William John Oliphant.
Stewardess Oliphant is also commemorated on a memorial plaque affixed to a new eight sided old-fashioned bandstand in Veteran's Park in Langford, British Columbia. The plaque was unveiled by ex-merchant mariner Tom Osborne and Barbara Duncan on May 19, 2002 as a bugler sounded Reveille. It is believed to be the first war memorial anywhere in the world dedicated to women merchant mariners who died at their posts in the two world wars.
The Missanabie was en route from Liverpool, England, to Quebec City and Montreal, Quebec, when on 9 September 1918 she was torpedoed by UB-87 52 miles (84 km) off Daunt's Rock, Cork, Ireland. She sank with 45 of her crew, position 58°11'N/07°25'W.
Digital gallery of Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
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Memorial Plaque
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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Tower Hill Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
Digital gallery of
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
Digital gallery of
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
Digital gallery of
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
Digital gallery of
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth Oliphant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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