S.S. Caribou - names of 136 persons who lost their lives October 14, 1942 near Port aux Basques, Newfoundland as a result of enemy submarine action.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in deep waters see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. Psalm 107:23
Crew Members
Captain Benjamin Taverner
Israel Barrett
Llewellyn Carter
Elias Coffin
James Hubert Coffin
Howard Cutler
Richard Feltham
Miss Bride Fitzpatrick
Charles Ford
Maxwell French
George Gale
Jerome Gale
Clarence Hann
Harry Hann (Chief Steward)
William Hogan
Charles Humphries
Victor Lomond
Thomas Moyst
Charley Pearcey
James Pike
James L. Prosper
Joseph Richards
William Samms
Israel Sheaves
John Skeard
Albert Strickland
Garfield Strickland
Harold Taverner
Stanley Taverner
Arthur Thomas
George Thomas
(31 total)
Army Personnel
C. R. Abelson, Pte. CDO
C. G. Cochrane, L/Sgt. RCA.
T. A. Currie, Cpl. PEI H.
P. Diamond, Pte, PEI H.
E. S. Francis, Cpl. PEI H.
L. A. MacIntyre, L/Bdr. RCA
J. C. B. McDonald, Sgt. PEI H.
H. R. Mills, Pte, Land W.
L. M. Sheppard, Cpl. PEI H.
A. A. Sullivan, Sgt. PEI H.
H. M. Tough, L/Sgt. Alg. Regt.
(11 total) [42]
Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy Personnel
E. Barrett, L/Sea. RN
Eli Maxwell Bishop, Sea. RN
C. Creston, Oiler REA
William A. Glasgow, RCNVR
A. Marshall, PO Cook RCN
G. N. May, SPO. RCNR
J. R. Masson, RCNVR
A. Nash, Sea. RN
W. C. Poole, AB. RN
E. R. Quinlan, Sea. RN
G. W. Randall, Shpt. RCNVR
N. Rowe, Sea. RN
R. J. Skinner, AB. RCNR
R. Smith, Sea. RN
J. Tapper, AB. RCNR
W. J. Vey, Sea. RN
E. Warren, Sea. RN
R. White, AB. RN
Miss A. W. Wilkie, NSRCN
J. W. H. Windsor, Sea. RN
(Total 20) [62]
Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force Personnel
J. H. Barrett, RCAF P. O.
R. Chatson, RCAF AC1
F. G. Coulson, RCAF AC1
T. H. Cummings, RCAF AC2
H. H. Elkin, RCAF Cpl.
D. C. Glover, RCAF AC2
W. P. Howse, RCAF Cpl.
A. W. Jones, RCAF LAC
L. E. Legge, RAF P. O.
C. M. McCaroon, RCAF LAC
D. L. Mitchell, RCAF LAC
M. N. Oiring, RCAF LAC
G. W. Parker, RCAF AC2
E. A. Thistle, RCAF AC2
L. William Truesdale, RCAF AC2
E. G. Walker, RCAF LAC
R. Watson, RCAF AC2
W. B. Wilson, RCAF AC2
(Total 18 ) [80]
U. S. Personnel
J. C. Abernathy, Major USA
E. T. Bothsa, Sea. 1st Class USN
J. M. Burns, CMM. USN
J. C. Elzer, Sea. 2nd Class USNR
E. Hand, 1st Lieut. USA
R. M. Penfield, C3rd. USA
E. G. Shultz, MM1C. USN
J. Waldman, PTR. USA
(Total 8 ) [88]
Civilians
Mrs. Ada Allan
Caroline Allan
Constance Allan
Claus Bang
Baby Girl Bernard
Mrs. Harriet Bernard
Charles Berry
Mrs. Pearl Beswick
Robert Butler
Albert Coombs
Preston Cowley
Harold Chislett
William Carteret Freeham
Louise Gagne
Mrs. Katherine Gardner
William H. Garth
Myrtle Gilbert
Hugh B. Gillis (superintendent of mines for Cape Breton's Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation).
Gerald Hammond
Wilfred Hathaway
Mrs. Maggie Hedd
Miss Myrtle Kettle
Edgar Martin
Harold McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
George Penham
George Pike
Mrs. Elizabeth Randell
John Ronan
Margaret Rose
William Ryan
John Sheppard
Mrs. Blanche Short
Basil Skinner
Mrs. Kathleen Skinner
Nancy Skinner
Mrs. Gertie Strickland
Holly Strickland
Myrtle Strickland
Nora Strickland
Donald Tapper
Mrs. Hazel Tapper
John W. Tapper
Lillian Tapper
Catherine Walsh
Patrick Walsh
Mrs. Helen Wightman
Mary Young
(Total 48 ) [136]