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Postcard to Robert Sinclair from his sister Maggie

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AuthorSinclair, Maggie
SubjectSinclair, Robert
TitlePostcard to Robert Sinclair from his sister Maggie
NotesEditor's Comment:
Postcard with caption 'Moonlight on Pacific', 'Vancouver, B.C.'.

Leading Seaman 7739A Robert Sinclair, S.S. Ventmoor., Royal Naval Reserve, was killed in action 14th February 1918, aged 31. He was the son of Robert and Barbara Sinclair, of Westray, Orkney, the husband of Mary Sinclair, of 22, Shore St., Kirkwall, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

S.S. 'Ventmoor' sank in the Aegean Sea after being torpedoed on the 14th February 1918 by the submarine UC 37 (commanded by Otto Kümpel).
Item Date31st March 1916
Creation placeVancouver
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlexander S Campbell
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9031