They made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

HOBBIS, William Herbert, Electrical Artificer 3c, 40625, RCN MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - son of David Stanley and Alice L. Hobbis, Victoria, British Columbia; husband of Hazel Eleanor Hobbis, Victoria, British Columbia.

William enlisted in the RCN on 11 Sep 1939 as an A/EA 4c. While he was on an EA course in England at HMS Vernon he also completed the Artificer Diver course.

ERA Hobbis died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was torpedoed and sunk by U-91 on 13 Sep 1942. Of her crew of 175, plus 50 survivors they had picked up, there were only 69 survivors.

Ships served in:

HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 11 Sep 1939 as an Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class, RCN

HMS VERNON - Drafted to VERNON 19 Jan 1940

* Rated Electrical Artificer 4th Class, RCN 11 Sep 1940

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 26 Dec 1940

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 28 Aug 1941

* Rated Electrical Artificer 3rd Class, RCN 11 Sep 1941

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 18 Sep 1941

Documents from the Service File of William Hobbis