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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HENDERSON, Hugh Malcolm, Surg/Lt, RCNVR, MPK - 21 Aug 1944, HMCS ALBERNI - Son of Dugald R. and Ada Henderson, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Marjorie Jessie Henderson, of Hantsport, Nova Scotia.
Lt Henderson 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 23 Feb 1943. Commenced Active Service as a Surgeon-Lieutenant, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 23 Feb 1943 Add'l for training and disposal HMCS CAPTOR - Appointed to CAPTOR 03 Mar 1943 HMCS BRUNSWICKER - Appointed to BRUNSWICKER 23 Jul 1943 for duty as Divisional Medical Officer HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 22 Jun 1944 Add'l for passage to UK HMCS NIOBE - Appointed to NIOBE 26 Jun 1944 for disposal HMCS ALBERNI - Appointed to ALBERNI 06 Jul 1944
Documents from the Service File of Hugh Henderson
Second World War Casualty Index
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