« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 03 April 18 11:21 BST (UK) »
I think it must be something like that. Most of us are not used to the wording of the announcements in the London Gazette. Probably normally the news agencies and main newspapers would get used to it but possible in wartime the job has been done by less experienced people. I will see if I can find any corrections to the newspaper reports.
The CWGC are not infallible, I found a report of two bodies from the Otranto being found in this area. One was identified as an American soldier but the other just probably an American soldier. But the death registration gave his name which did not fit with any of the Americans on the ship and was that of a British serviceman shown as Missing at Sea. I contacted the CWGC with the details but did not get anywhere.
I managed to find a family member who knew little of his loss so were interestd to get the story. They contacted the CWGC but at first similarly got nowhere but later they admitted the body had been identified but did not know what happened to it.
The relative was then contacted by someone who had been told about it by a now deceased relative who found the body and buried it.
It is in a remote location and not sure whether it will be possible to find but it seems they might erect something even if only saying "buried near here".
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O'Shea - Quebec
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