Born: 10 July, 1921.
Died: 11 July, 1994.
Age (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): 19.
Rank (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): Matrosengefreiter.
Position (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): After plotting room.
Additional notes: Following the sinking of the Bismarck, Franz Halke was rescued by the destroyer Maori. After the war he moved to Canada and worked as a barber in Toronto.
