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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
COOKMAN, Edgar Anthony, LS, 3210, RCN, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Alfred Ernest and Amy Adelaide Cookman, Esquimalt, British Columbia.
LS Cookman died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN G07, was sunk in the English Channel on April 29, 1944.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 10 Jun 1938 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated OS 19 Oct 1938 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 31 Dec 1939 as an OS, RCN * Rated AB 20 Dec 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 10 Mar 1940 as an AB, RCN * Rated ST 31 May 1940 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 01 Jun 1940 as an AB, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 Aug 1941 as an AB, RCN HMCS COBALT - Drafted to COBALT 14 Feb 1942 as an AB, RCN * Rated A/LS 01 Feb 1941 * Disrated to AB 19 Aug 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 21 Aug 1941 as an AB, RCN * Rated LTO 10 Jan 1942 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 28 Oct 1942 as an AB, RCN HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 04 Feb 1943 as an AB, RCN * Rated A/LS 16 Feb 1943
Documents from the Service File of Edgar Cookman
Second World War Casualty Index
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