Born in New Zealand
Daughter of William Wallace Snodgrass
and Sarah Annie (Frankham) Snodgrass
Sister of
Marion Dorothy (Snodgrass) Rout, Wallace Frankham Snodgrass, Charles Robert Rakaia Snodgrass and Edith Winifred (Snodgrass) Short
Wife of
Charles Staunton John Duff
— married
27 Apr 1926 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 39
in North Atlantic Ocean
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jan 2018
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Biography
Florence was a passenger on the Port Hunter when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-582 on 12 July 1942. The ship sank within two minutes owing to a series of explosions. Of 89 known persons on board only 3 men survived. They were rescued by HMS Rother (K 224).
She had been serving in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in Britain during World War II and was returning to New Zealand to join her husband when she died.
Sources
- NZ BDM Birth Reg. No: 1903/4642
- NZ BDM Marriage Reg. No: 1926/3869
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