They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Olaf Elmer Berge

 

Stoker 1st Class, V73882, RCNVR

 

Born: 01 Sep 1924, Viking, Alberta

 

Died: 16 Apr 1945 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

BERGE, Olaf Elmer Sto 1C, V73882, RCNVR killed - 16 Apr 1945, HMCS ESQUIMALT - Son of Egil George and Ida Helena Berge, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Stoker Berge died when his ship, HMCS ESQUIMALT, was torpedoed and sunk by U-190 off the approaches to Halifax harbour. His body was recovered and he was buried in Vancouver, BC.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS DISCOVERY - Enlisted 19 Oct 1943. Commenced Active Service 10 Dec 1943 as a Sto 2c, RCNVR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 29 Jun 1944 as a Sto 2c, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 08 Mar 1944 as a Sto 2c, RCNVR

HMCS ESQUIMALT - Drafted to ESQUIMALT 28 Mar 1944 as a Sto 2c, RCNVR

* Rated Sto 1c 08 Sep 1944

 

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(OB01) Documents from the Service File of Olaf Berge

(OB02) Headstone for Olaf Berge in the Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia

 


 

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