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Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Norman Hagar Kenney
Rank:
Able Seaman
Service:
S.S. Cornwallis (Vancouver)
Albe Seaman Kenney was the son of Norman Loran and Leora Gurda (Hagar) Kenney, of Lower Argyle, Yarmouth Co., NS.
At 10.00 hours on December 3, 1944 the unescorted Cornwallis was torpedoed and sunk by a Gnat from U-1230 10 miles south
west of Mount Desert Rock in the Gulf of Maine. The Master, Emerson Horace Robinson, 35 crew members and seven gunners were
lost. Five survivors were picked up by the fishing vessel Notre Dame and landed at Rockland, Maine.
Date of Death:
December 3, 1944
Age at Death:
19
Cemetery:
Halifax Memorial
(Nova Scotia, Canada)
Memorial Reference:
Panel 23
The 66th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 165 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
uboat.net
Norman Hagar Kenney
SS Cornwallis
Halifax Memorial