They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Alfred Thomas Cross

 

Ordinary Telegraphist, V25039, RCNVR

 

Born: 29 May 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

CROSS, Alfred Thomas, Ord. Tel, V25039, RCNVR, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Alfred George and Geraldine Erminie Cross, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Marguerite Julia Cross, of Armdale, Nova Scotia.

 

Ord. Tel Cross died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN G07, was sunk in the English Channel on April 29, 1944.

 

Ships served in:

SPECIAL SERVICE COMPANY RCNVR - Enlisted 11 Sep 1939

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Sep 1939 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMS ASTURIAS (Armed Merchant Cruiser) - Drafted to ASTURIAS 01 Nov 1939 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA (NCSO Halifax) - Drafted to NCSO Halifax 01 Jan 1940 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS ULNA - Drafted to ULNA 09 Jan 1940 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS RACCOON - Drafted to RACCOON 25 Apr 1940 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS MOOSE - Drafted to MOOSE 19 Oct 1940 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS ANDREE DUPRE - Drafted to ANDREE DUPRE 05 May 1941

HMCS MOOSE - Drafted to MOOSE 24 Feb 1942

HMCS ANDREE DUPRE - Drafted to ANDREE DUPRE 14 Mar 1942 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 13 Sep 1942 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 12 Dec 1942 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 04 Feb 1943 as an O/Tel, RCNVR

 

Documents from the Service File of Alfred Cross

 


 

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