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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SMITH, John Norman, LCdr, RCNR, MPK - 07 Sep 1942, HMCS RACCOON - Son of Frederick Hugh Smith, and of Alice Smith, of Bristol; husband of Dorothy S. Smith, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
LCdr Smith died when his ship, HMCS RACCOON, of which he was the Commanding Officer, was on convoy escort in the St. Lawrence River off the Gaspé Peninsula and was hit and sunk by two torpedoes from U165. All 37 hands were lost.
Ships served in: * Enlisted 26 Jan 1933 HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA for training 19 Mar 1934 - 06 May 1935 as a Prob. Lt, RCNR HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA for training 21 Jan 1935 - 17 Feb 1935 as a Lt, RCNR HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA for training 03 Oct 1935 - 07 Dec 1935 at a Lt, RCNR HMCS SAGUENAY - Appointed to SAGUENAY for training 08 Dec 1935 - 07 Jun 1936 as a Lt, RCNR HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA for training 09 Jan 1939 - 05 Feb 1939 as a Lt, RCNR * Commenced Active Service HMCS STADACONA (for EDO HALIFAX) - Appointed to EDO HALIFAX 29 Aug 1939 as a Lt, RCNR HMCS ANDREE DUPRE - Appointed to ANDREE DUPRE 11 Oct 1939 as a Lt, RCNR HMCS ANDREE DUPRE - Appointed to ANDREE DUPREE 01 Jan 1940 as a LCdr, RCNR, Commanding Officer HMCS FENNEL - Appointed to FENNEL 01 Nov 1940 as a LCdr, RCNR, Commanding Officer HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 01 Nov 1941, Add'l for Disposal as a LCdr, RCNR HMCS RACCOON - Appointed to RACCOON 05 Dec 1941 as a LCdr, RCNR, Commanding Officer
(JS01) Record of Service (JS02) Appointment to HMCS RACCOON (JS03) Report of Death (JS04-JS05) Telegram and letter to LCdr Smith's wife
(JS06) Article on LCdr Smith after the lossof the RACCOON The Toronto Daily Star 16 Sep 1942
Second World War Casualty Index
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