For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Walter William Hillier

 

Able Seaman, A982, RCNR

 

Born: 05 Sep 1890, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland

 

Died: 19 Oct 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

HILLIER, Walter William, AB, A982, RCNR, MPK - 19 Oct 1940, HMCS BRAS D'OR - son of John and Catherine Hillier; husband of Florence M. Hillier, of Halifax, NS.

 

Prior to enlisting, Walter was a seaman on the "Maid of Sterling"

 

Ships served in:

HMCS BRAS D'OR - Drafted to Bras D'Or 04 Nov 1939 as an AB, RCNR

 

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(1-2) Certificate of Service  (3) Report of Death

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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