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3Eng. James Todd Burton
Merchant Navy S.S. Pedernales (London)
from:Belfast, Northern Ireland
(d.16th February 1942)
Third Engineer Officer Burton was the Son of William James and Elizabeth Burton, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He was 28 when he died when the Pedernales was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba.
He is buried in the Oranjestad Protestant Cemetery, Island of Aruba.