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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
PARK, William Robert, AB, V48704, RCNVR, MPK - 14 Feb 1945, 29TH MTB FLOTILLA - son of Haydn Augustus and Gladys Park, Hamilton, ON.
AB Park is missing, presumed killed after an accidental explosion on a motor torpedo boat in Belgium; his body was never recovered.
Ships served in: HMCS GIVENCHY - Served in GIVENCHY 10 Jul 1943 - 16 Jul 1943 as an OS, RCNVR 29TH MTB FLOTILLA - Drafted to the 29TH MTB FLOTILLA 16 May 1944
(1) Newspaper article on the death of AB Park (2) Certificate of Service (3) Naval Training and Active Service record (4) Report of Death (5) Letter to AB Parks mother on the details surrounding his death
Press release on the destruction of 5 MTBs of the 29th MTB Flotilla and Casualty List
Second World War Casualty Index
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