They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Elmer Howard Stevenson

 

Stoker 1st Class, V53221, RCNVR

 

Born: 06 Dec 1920, Norwood, Peterborough Co., Ontario

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

STEVENSON, Elmer Howard, Sto 1c, V53221, RCNVR, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard Stevenson, of Norwood, Ontario; husband of Doris Irene Stevenson, of Havelock, Ontario.

 

Stoker Stevenson died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 29 Apr 1944.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS PREVOST - Enlisted 23 Jan 1943.  Commenced Active Service 12 Feb 1943 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 20 Apr 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Jun 1943

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 27 Aug 1943

HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 08 Oct 1943

 

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(ES01) Article on Stoker Stevenson missing, presumed dead in the sinking of HMCS ATHABASKAN

(ES02) Documents from the Service File of Elmer Stevenson

 


 

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