Robert Goodlet (photo), son
of Mrs. Thomas Goodlet, North Talbot Street. Simcoe, has twice been
torpedoed.
In March 1915 Robert entered
the navy as one of the crew of a transport carrying troops to
France, Egypt and Africa.
The vessel was torpedoed 10
Jun 1917 and went down with most of those aboard.
After 18 hours on the sea in
a small boat he was picked up, and his next three months were spent
in hospital in Africa.
At the end of that period he
sailed with the Hiawatha, which was torpedoed and sank on 10 Jun
1918, with many wounded and a loss of 87 lives.
This young man was one of
the survivors.
He has since been in a
hospital at Liverpool, England.
