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Able Sea. John Turnbull Graham
Merchant Navy S.S. Allende
from:England
(d.2nd May 1942)
Able Seaman Graham was the Son of Edward and Isabella Graham, of North Shields, Tyne and Wear.
At 21.53 hours on 17 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Allende (Master Thomas James Williamson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-68 20 miles south of Cape Palmas, Liberia. Six crew members were lost. The master, 30 crew members and two gunners landed at Taba, French Ivory Coast and were interned by the Vichy French authorities at Bobo Dinlassu.
He was 23 when he died and is buried in the Timbuktu (Tombouctou) Cemetery in Mali.