Died in lifeboat following sinking by enemy submarine of S.S.Avila Star 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. 5th July 1942 east of Azores. Employee of the Central Argentine Railway. Talleres Gorton Perez, F.C.C.A., Prov. Santa Fe, Argentina. Husband of Emily Nollval Florence, son of Elizabeth Florence of 2 Craigie Loaning, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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