They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

William Patrick Currie

 

Stoker Petty Officer, A2925, RCNR

 

Born: 16 Jul 1910, Motherwell, Scotland

 

Died: 21 Aug 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

CURRIE, William Patrick, Stoker PO, A2925, RCNR, MPK - 21 Aug 1944, HMCS ALBERNI - Son of William Patrick and Mary Currie, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; husband of Margaret Jane Currie, of Dartmouth.

 

Stoker Petty Officer Currie died when his ship, HMCS ALBERNI, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 21 Aug 1944 by U-480, southeast of the Isle of Wight. Fifty-nine of her ship's company lost their lives.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 11 Nov 1940 as a Stoker 1s Class, RCNVR

* Rated Leading Stoker 12 Nov 1940

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 02 Feb 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 05 May 1941

HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 17 May 1941

* Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer 01 Dec 1941 (advanced)

* Rated Stoker Petty Officer 01 Dec 1942

 

Documents from the Service File of William Currie

 


 

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