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Wireless Operator John Dickson

Birth
Death
16 Sep 1918 (aged 17–18)
At Sea
Monument
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
- SS "Acadian"
Memorial ID
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SS "Acadian"
Son of John & Agnes Dickson (nee Buchan), of Bank Row, Edinburgh,
(17y)

SS Acadian, .......was a Canadian steamer of 2305 tons.
On September 16th, 1918, Acadian, on a voyage from Bilbao to Ayr with a
cargo of iron ore, was sunk by the German submarine UB-117 (Erwin Waßner)
11 miles SWxW from Trevose Head. 25 persons were lost. (Jan Lettens)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10957
SS "Acadian"
Son of John & Agnes Dickson (nee Buchan), of Bank Row, Edinburgh,
(17y)

SS Acadian, .......was a Canadian steamer of 2305 tons.
On September 16th, 1918, Acadian, on a voyage from Bilbao to Ayr with a
cargo of iron ore, was sunk by the German submarine UB-117 (Erwin Waßner)
11 miles SWxW from Trevose Head. 25 persons were lost. (Jan Lettens)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10957

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