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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ZINCK, Cyril Milford, LSA, V25607, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Silas Milford Zinck and Pansy Eleanor Zinck, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Lillian Edna Zinck, of Halifax.
LSA Zinck 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: SPECIAL SERVICE DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 17 Aug 1940 as a Victualling Assistant, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Aug 1940 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 04 Sep 1940 NCSO SAINT JOHN (VENTURE for) - Drafted to NCSO 21 Nov 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 30 Jun 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 27 Aug 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 28 Sep 1941 * Rated Supply Assistant, RCNVR 01 Mar 1942 * Rated Leading Supply Assistant 01 Jul 1942
(CZ01) Cyril Zinck onboard HMCS OTTAWA H60 (CZ02) Cyril Zinck's medals and the Memorial Cross presented to his mother after he died (CZ03) Documents from the Service File of Cyril Zinck CZ01-CZ02 Courtesy of David Bluestein
Second World War Casualty Index
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