They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
WHITE, Donald Harrison, OS, 3502, RCN, MPK - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of Gerald and Elsie White, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
OS White died when his ship, HMCS FRASER, was in a collision with HMS CALCUTTA 12 miles due west of Pointe de la Coubre light at the Gironde River mouth and sank as a result with the loss of 65 of her crew.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Boy Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 06 Mar 1940 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 25 Apr 1940
Documents from the Service File of Donald White
Second World War Casualty Index
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