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A fact from Gordon Bastian appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Gordon Bastian, the Second Engineer of the Empire Bowman, was awarded an Albert Medal for rescuing two stokers after the ship was torpedoed by U-404?

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MBE[edit]

GB already was an MBE before he won his AM, but why was he awarded the MBE? Mjroots (talk) 18:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hope I've answered this now, it's not terribly specific, but it's the best I can find. I did say there was more to come! David Underdown (talk) 22:44, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Exact date of death?[edit]

The Times obit is referenced for GB dying in November 1987, does it not give the exact date? Mjroots (talk) 07:18, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Curiously no, it doesn't. In fact find-a-grave actually gives his date of death as 29 October 1987, but I'm not entirely convinced that it meets the criteria for being a reliable source, there's no real editorial control so far as I can see. David Underdown (talk) 09:34, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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