Elizabeth Campbell Jr.

Two women named Elizabeth Campbell boarded S.S. Athenia from Belfast on 1st September 1939. Both survived although landed on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Passenger on S.S. Athenia

Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth Campbell departed from Belfast on the ill-fated S.S. Athenia on 1st September 1939 with her mother also named Elizabeth Campbell. Her address given on boarding documents was Monaclough, Armoy, Co. Antrim and she appeared on a list of American citizens sailing in Third Class.

Elizabeth, a 9 year old scholar, survived the sinking and landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada having been picked up by the U.S. steamship City Of Flint.

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