Cecil Richard Moss, Ordinary Seaman Submarine Detector, RCNVR

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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Cecil Richard Moss

Ordinary Seaman Submarine Detector, V69035, RCNVR

Born: 18 Dec 1925, Hanna, Alberta

Died: 24 Nov 1944 at sea

Book of Remembrance

MOSS, Cecil Richard, OS.SD, V69035, RCNVR, MPK - 24 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Son of John Bailey Moss and Emma Blanche Moss, of Calgary, AB.

Ships served in:

HMCS TECUMSEH - Enlisted 19 Aug 1943. Commenced Active Service 13 Sep 1943 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 09 Jan 1944

* Rated Submarine Detector, RCNVR 17 May 1944

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 May 1944

HMCS MELVILLE - Drafted to MELVILLE 24 May 1944

HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to SHAWINIGAN 12 Jun 1944

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(CM01) Portrait of OS Cecil Moss

(CM02) Newspaper article on the death of OS Moss

(CM03) Documents from the Service File of Cecil Moss