Frank Alfred Dunn

An Able Seaman with S.S. Oriskany, Frank died on 24th of February 1945 at the age of 21. 

Frank was born at West Ham on 15 April 1923, a son of Richard and Rebecca Ann Dunn. In 1939 his family lived at 81 Rendel Road, Canning Town, and Frank was a mill hand at a timber mill. 

On 24 February 1945 the S.S. Oriskany was part of convoy BTC-18. The ship was torpedoed and sank, about five miles west of Lands End. There were no survivors.  

Frank's father died in 1945 and, at some point, his mother lived in Lowestoft, Suffolk.