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Able Seaman. Henry Gordon Brinston
Royal Navy HMS Forfar
from:Lark Harbour, Newfoundland
(d.2nd Dec 1940)
I am Henry Gordon Brinston's great nephew. He was from Lark Harbour, Newfoundland. A small fishing village on the West Coast of Newfoundland. He was on the Forfar when she was lost. He did not survive, he was 28 years old. Three of his shipmates and friends from Lark Harbour were also on the Forfar and survived. They were Walter Darrigan, Stanley Darigan, and Leanord Vokey.