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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

 

John Clarence Brush

 

Ordinary Telegraphist, V78763, RCNVR

 

Born:  01 Jun 1926, Windsor, Ontario

 

Died: 14 Feb 1945, Ostend, Belgium

 

Book of Remembrance

 

BRUSH, John Clarence, O/Tel, V78763, RCNVR, killed - 14 Feb 1945, MTB 465 - son of John A. L. and Ethel Brush, Windsor, ON.

 

Ordinary Telegraphist J. C. Brush was killed in an accidental explosion on a motor torpedo boat in Belgium; his body was recovered and buried on shore at Oostende New Communal Cemetery which is located in the town of Oostende.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS HUNTER

HMCS MONTCALM

29TH MTB FLOTILLA - Drafted to the 29TH MTB FLOTILLA 15 Jan 1945 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

 

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(1) Newspaper article reporting O/Tel Brush as missing - courtesy of Operation Picture Me (2) Certificate of Service (3) Naval Training and Active Service record (4) Report of Death

 

Press release on the destruction of 5 MTBs of the 29th MTB Flotilla and Casualty List

 


 

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