Name: John Thomas Carroll Rank: Chief Officer Service: SS Nipiwan Park, Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Birth: January 1, 1896 Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland Date of Death: January 4, 1945 Age: 48 Memorial: Halifax Memorial, Halifax, Nova Scotia Reference: Panel 23 Commemorated on Page 108 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 6 and August 3 John Thomas Carroll was the son of Captain William Carroll and of Frances Carroll (nee Collins), of Placentia, Newfoundland; husband of Madeline Helen (James) Carroll, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. John served on the SS Nipiwan Park which was on the St. John's, Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, route on January 4, 1945. At 5 PM, while sailing with convoy SH-194 from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Halifax, the ship was hit by a torpedo launched from U-1232 4 miles (6.5 km) off Halifax, position 44°30'N / 63°00'W. The ship’s bow was blown off, but the ship remained afloat. The wreck was towed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and repaired. John was one of two sailors who were killed. The second was Able Seaman Joseph Hercule Ulric Bazinet, age 22, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phidime Bazinet, of Cornwall, Ontario. The date of death of John Thomas Carroll was incorrectly recorded as January 1, 1945, with the Veterans Affairs’ Canadian Virtual War Memorial and the Books of Remembrance in Ottawa. This error was reported by the Wartime Heritage Association to have it corrected.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial uboat.net