| 31. | In September 2003 a memorial to the Merchant navy was unveiled in Bicheno.
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| 32. | His eldest brother Frank had earlier joined the British Merchant Navy.
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| 33. | At the age of seventeen, he joined the British Merchant Navy.
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| 34. | His father was in the merchant navy and his mother was a homemaker.
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| 35. | During World War II, he served in the Merchant Navy.
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| 36. | After completing high school, Mitchell joined the Canadian Merchant Navy.
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| 37. | Educated in Merchant Navy officer during the Second World War.
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| 38. | Stapleton was later awarded the Merchant Navy Medal for exceptional bravery during the attack.
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| 39. | Neither Julia nor the Merchant Navy knew of his whereabouts.
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| 40. | The Merchant Navy class operated until the end of Southern steam in July 1967.
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