They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Ronald Edward Kennedy

 

Ordinary Seaman, V2704, RCNVR

 

Born: 28 Dec 1920, Saint John, New Brunswick

 

Died: 07 Jun 1942, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

 

Book of Remembrance

 

KENNEDY, Ronald Edward OS, V2704 RCNVR died - 07 Jun 1942, HMCS WETASKIWIN - Son of Sterling and Nellie Kennedy, Saint John, NB.

 

Ordinary Seaman R. E. Kennedy died at the United States Naval Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland from self-inflicted wound.

 

Ships served in:

SAINT JOHN DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 16 Feb 1941.  Commenced Active Service 25 Feb 1941

HMCS WETASKIWIN  - Drafted to WETASKIWIN 08 Aug 1941 as an OS

 

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(RK01-RK02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2  (RK03) Letter to OS Kennedy's mother on the circumstances of his death  (RK04) OS Ronald Kennedy's headstone in the City Cemetery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

 


 

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