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Sidney Bateman

In memory of:

Fireman and Trimmer Sidney Bateman

September 5, 1945
St. John, New Brunswick

Military Service

Age:

17

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

SS Port Royal Park (173266)

Additional Information

Born:

November 1, 1927
North Sydney, Cape-Breton, Nova Scotia

His full name is Harold Sidney Bateman.

Son of Henry Charles (aka Harry) Bateman and Mary Skinner Hatcher, of Newfoundland. Henry Charles served in the First World War as a private in WO 329 Company, Royal Army Service Corps, British Army, regimental number M-286676. He fought in France. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Sidney died on September 5, 1945, at St. John General Hospital in St. John, New Brunswick, of encephalitis and pulmonary oedema after two days in hospital.

Commemorated on Page 92 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

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  • Photo of Sidney Bateman– Sidney and his two brothers Alex and Wilson served in the merchant navy during World War II. Sidney died on return to Saint John, New Brunswick. Wilson was in Australia near the end of the war and was lost at sea somewhere in the Indian Ocean on his return home. Alex survived three separate torpedo attacks and after the war became a member of the SIU and continued to sail out of Montreal, Quebec. There father Henry Charles Bateman served in the Newfoundland & Royal Navy Reserve during World War I .

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    Photo of Sidney Bateman
    Photo of Sidney Bateman – Sidney and his two brothers Alex and Wilson served in the merchant navy during World War II. Sidney died on return to Saint John, New Brunswick. Wilson was in Australia near the end of the war and was lost at sea somewhere in the Indian Ocean on his return home. Alex survived three separate torpedo attacks and after the war became a member of the SIU and continued to sail out of Montreal, Quebec. There father Henry Charles Bateman served in the Newfoundland & Royal Navy Reserve during World War I .

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