PATTERSON, William Robert Duncan

Civilian War Dead, S.S. AVILA STAR

Died at sea 5/07/1942 (age 29) when torpedoed by the German Submarine U-201, NE of the Azores, in position 38.04N, 22.48W [16]. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Freetown, Sierra Leone with a cargo of 5,659 tons of frozen meat. Forty five crew and 17 passengers were lost. Son of James Patterson, of Mata Grande, San Julian, Argentine, and of the late Elizabeth Patterson

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