Shetlanders in Australia.
Creighton Bryden Johnson TAIT

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Name Creighton Bryden Johnson TAIT Born 6 Dec 1878 Lerwick, SHI, SCT [1]
Gender Male Died 16 Oct 1940 [2] Person ID I43594 John Charles Christie Last Modified 21 Jul 2005
Father Andrew TAIT, b. 24 Sep 1838, Ustaness, Whiteness, SHI, SCT , d. Dec 1904, South Shields, DUR, ENG
(Age 66 years)
Mother Elizabeth MONCRIEFF, b. 1834, Gruting, Sandsting, SHI, SCT , d. UNKNOWN
Married 29 Nov 1859 Sandsting, SHI, SCT [3]
Family ID F29932 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann, b. Aft 1875, d. UNKNOWN Last Modified 1 Jan 2015 Family ID F64523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Trevisa (Montreal)
Age: 61
Date of Death: 16/10/1940
Additional information: Husband of Mary Ann Tait, of Ilford, Essex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 111.
Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
From listing of Canadian registered ships lost in World War 2:
16 Oct 1940
Trevisa
Canadian Lake Carriers
1,813 tons
Torpedoed by U-124 while straggling from convoy SC 7
57 deg 28 N by 20 deg 30 W, North Atlantic
Seven of the 21 crew were killed.
- Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
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