For Posterity's Sake A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FRALIC, Owen William, MM, V25533, RCNVR, MPK - 07 Sep 1942, HMCS RACCOON - son of Frank Fralic, and of Ida May Fralic, of Liverpool, NS.
MM Fralic died when his ship, HMCS RACCOON, which was on convoy escort in the St. Lawrence River off the Gaspé Peninsula, was hit and sunk by two torpedoes from U165. All 37 hands were lost.
Ships served in: * SPECIAL SERVICE DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 25 Jul 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 25 Jul 1940 as a MM, RCNVR HMCS PROTECTOR - Drafted to PROTECTOR 23 Aug 1940 as a MM, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 18 Jan 1941 as a MM, RCNVR HMCS RACCOON - Drafted to Raccoon 25 Jan 1941 as a Motor Mechanic, RCNVR
(OF01) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2 (OF02) Report of Death (OF03) Letter to MM Fralic's mother
Second World War Casualty Index
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