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Walter Dawson Mitchell

Born in Newark, United States on August 26, 1914.

Died in Cobh, Ireland on May 7, 1915.

The story

From Newark, New Jersey. Boarded Lusitania as 2nd class with his parents Walter Sr and Jeanette (nee Moore). On May 7, 1915 Lusitania was struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat in the Mid-Atlantic ocean. Jeanette survived the sinking but her husband and infant son perished. Both of their bodies were recovered.

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2 tributes have been left in memory of Walter Dawson Mitchell.

  • applescotch1

    RIP with your family, dear baby Walter.

  • applescotch1

    Photo left in memory of Walter Dawson Mitchell

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