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Ordinary Seaman HERBERT SWAIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Saganaga (Leith)

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1942

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELL ISLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY

Canada

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Alice Elizabeth Swain, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

BELL ISLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Number of casualties: 8
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