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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

The made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

 

Irvine Carrick Armstrong

 

Telegraphist, V11273, RCNVR

 

Born:  11 Nov 1915, Brandon, Manitoba

 

Died: 26 Mar 1941 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ARMSTRONG, Irvine Carrick, Tel, V11273, RCNVR, MPK - 26 Mar 1941, HMCS OTTER - son of Irvine John and Sarah E. Armstrong, Saskatoon, SK; husband of Florence Ruth Armstrong, Driver, SK.

 

Telegrapher Irvine Carrick Armstrong died on the Otter which was an armed yacht pressed into service early in the war that was destroyed by an accidental explosion off Halifax. Irvine Jr. was born at Brandon, Manitoba and was working as a carpenter when he enlisted on September 15, 1937 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

 

Ships served in:

SASKATOON DIVISION RCNVR

HMCS OTTAWA - Served in Ottawa 09 Sep 1939 - 12 Jun 1940 as an A/Tel, RCNVR 

HMCS OTTER - Drafted to Otter 04 Oct 1940 as a Tel, RCNVR

 

IA01

IA02

IA03

IA04

(IA01-IA02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2

(IA03) Casualty Report

(IA04) Memo stating that Tel Armstrong is Missing, presumed dead

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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