They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROBINSON, Edmund Charles, L/Tel, V/9661, RCNVR, DOW - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Son of Herbert and Isabel Robinson, of Winnipeg.
L/Tel Robinson died on 16 Sep 1942at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Gaspe, Quebec from injuries he received when HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN was torpedoed and sunk.
Ships served in: WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 22 Sep 1939 as an OS, RCNVR. Commenced Active Service 27 Feb 1940 * Rated O/Tel 16 Apr 1940 * Rated Tel 27 Nov 1940 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Served in ASSINIBOINE 14 Jan 1941 - 30 Nov 1941 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS VENTURE - Served in VENTURE 01 Dec 1941 - 07 De 1941 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS VENTURE - Served in VENTURE 12 Feb 1942 - 07 Mar 1942 as a Tel and A/L/Tel, RCNVR. Rated A/L/Tel 01 Mar 1942 HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Drafted to CHARLOTTETOWN 08 Mar 1942 as an A/L/Tel, RCNVR
(ER01-ER04) Certificate of Service (ER05) Report of Death
(ER06) Headstone for L/Tel Robinson in the Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg
Second World War Casualty Index
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