In Remembrance of
SAMUEL GAUDET
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 212478
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Samuel was the son of Octave and Mary Gaudet, of Stephenville, Newfoundland. He was a member of the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit (NOFU No. 0421) and was later transferred to the Royal Navy.
Hood is believed to have been his only ship. He was the second cousin of
Joseph and
William Gallant, both of whom were also lost in the sinking. Samuel was about 20 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.
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Memorial Information
Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Panel 58, Column 2 (click to view panel)
Also memorialised at
Newfoundland Book of Remembrance
and
Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire
Additional Photographs
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Samuel's grand-nephew, Ray Russell (information, June 2003)
Samuel's great-nephew David Barnes (photo, October 2004)
Jim Roache (biographical information, May 2006)
Ivan MacDonald (information, February 2007)
