They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MARSHALL, Albert Walter, Petty Officer Cook (Officer), 40581, RCN, MPK - 14 Oct 1942, SS CARIBOU / HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Son of Joshua and Ethel May Marshall; husband of Hazel Emma Marshall, all of Victoria, BC.
Petty Officer Cook A. W. Marshall is missing presumed dead. He was taking passage on S.S. CARIBOU going back to his ship, HMCS ASSINIBOINE. The Caribou was torpedoed and sunk by U-69 on 14 Oct 1942.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 24 Apr 1939 HMCS OTTAWA - Served in OTTAWA 06 Oct 1939 - 24 Aug 1940 as a Cook (O), RCN HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 31 Aug 1940 as a Cook (O), RCN. Rated L/Cook (O) 01 Jan 1941. Rated PO Cook (O) 01 Jan 1942
(AM01-AM02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2 (AM03) Telegram to PO Marshall's widow (AM04-AM05) Letters to PO Marshall's widow
Second World War Casualty Index
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