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Antrim / Re: Browne Islandmagee
« on: Sunday 01 January 12 22:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi
Just for the record....my Dad, Thomas Kelly, a merchant seaman carpenters mate and on his first voyage,
was "lost" on the SS Aracataca when it went down to the bottom of the Atlantic in 1940 due to enemy
action (Ernst Mengerson,U-boat 101). Some crew were picked-up incl. Captain Browne from Islandmagee. I
was 14mths. My Mum, a widow as a result, was left with us both to support and what a hard time she had.
My Dad was 27...his promising life cut-short and our lives altered altered so negatively. Eileen Clarke
Just for the record....my Dad, Thomas Kelly, a merchant seaman carpenters mate and on his first voyage,
was "lost" on the SS Aracataca when it went down to the bottom of the Atlantic in 1940 due to enemy
action (Ernst Mengerson,U-boat 101). Some crew were picked-up incl. Captain Browne from Islandmagee. I
was 14mths. My Mum, a widow as a result, was left with us both to support and what a hard time she had.
My Dad was 27...his promising life cut-short and our lives altered altered so negatively. Eileen Clarke