CONNORS-AUBREY
AUBREY GEORGE CONNORS
Deceased
04/22/1943
Rate/Rank
DECK CADET
DECK CADET
Service Branch
USMM 00/1942 - 4/1943
Speciality
DECK CADET
Born
11/06/1922
PORT MAITLAND, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
KINGS POINT MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, KINGS PT, NY
SS ROBERT GRAY
MERCHANT MARINE MARINERS MEDAL
COMBAT BAR (MERCHANT MARINE WWII)
PRESIDENTIAL TESTIMONIAL LETTER
MERCHANT MARINE MEDITERRANEAN & ATLANTIC ZONE MEDALS
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
Lost at sea 22 April 1943 when his ship, the Liberty Ship, SS ROBERT GRAY was torpedoed by the German submarine U-306 (von Trotha) at 1300 GCT about 125 miles south of Cape Farewell, Greenland (57-30 North/43-00 West) while en route from New York to Loch Ewe, Scotland and London, England with a cargo of war supplies and other general cargo She carried a crew of 39 men and 23 Naval Armed Guard. There were no survivors.