BORN HULL 1/12/1890. SON OF MR GUNDER AND MRS BERTHA ABRAHAMSEN . ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. A FISHERMAN. MARRIED IN HULL 1911. WIFE HARRIET GERTRUDE BUTT AND ONE DAUGHTER AND SON. HIS FATHER DIED ON 18/2/1916. HIS DAUGHTER JOYCE DIED IN 1918 AGED 4 YEARS OLD. HE SERVED ON THE STEAM TRAWLER “KESTREL” WHICH WAS LOST IN A COLLISION IN THE NORTH SEA ON 21/02/1915.
On 21/02/1915 the Hull steam trawler KESTREL (H318) sank following a collision with the s.s. HYDRA 75 miles ENE from the Spurn Lightvessel, in the North Sea.
CREW LOST ON KESTREL (H318), collision in North Sea with, s. s. HYDRA. 21st February, 1915.
ABRAHAMSEN, Gunwald (25), Thorsby-Ave, Flinton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
HOOKEM, Herbert (17), Madeley St, Hull. Trimmer
HUNTLEY, Robert (39), 6 McKinley-Ave, Albemarle St, Hull. Chief Engineer
LAWRENCE, Walter (35), 3 Jurrah-Ave, Rugby St, Hull. Skipper
SANDERS, Christopher (57), Somerset-Ter, Gillett St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
THOMAS, Thomas (53), West Dock-Ave, Hull. Cook
WOODMANCY, George (22), 9 Laura-Grove, Tyne St, Hull. Bosun
