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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CAMPBELL, Gordon Keith, OS, 4345, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Kenneth Campbell, and of Annie Campbell, of Eston, Saskatchewan.
Ordinary Seaman Gordon Keith Campbell was born in Eston, Saskatchewan. He was the son of Kenneth and Annie Campbell who homesteaded northeast of Eston, Saskatchewan and later moved to Calgary. Gordon had been farming with his family when he enlisted on June 02, 1941 as a boy seaman at Esquimalt, British Columbia.
OS Campbell died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was torpedoed and sunk by U-91 on 13 Sep 1942. Of her crew of 175, plus 50 survivors they had picked up, there were only 69 survivors.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 02 Jun 1941 as a Boy 1st Class, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman 28 Sep 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Nov 1941 HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 22 Dec 1941 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to Avalon 01 Apr 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 31 May 1942
(GC01) OS Gordon Campbell Lost at Sea - the Regina Leader Post Sep 1942 (GC02) Documents from the Service File of Gordon Campbell
Second World War Casualty Index
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