They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Harry Manfield Chandler

 

Able Seaman Layer Rating 3rd Class, V1364, RCNVR

 

Born: 21 Jan 1916, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

CHANDLER, Harry Manfield, AB LR 3c, V1364, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Florence I. Chandler, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

 

AB Chandler 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:

CHARLOTTETOWN DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 21 Aug 1940.  Commenced Active Service 21 Aug 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR
HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Oct 1940

HMCS PRINCE DAVID - Drafted to PRINCE DAVID 28 Dec 1940

* Rated Able Seaman 21 May 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Jun 1941

* Rated Layer Rating 3rd Class, RCNVR 19 Jul 1941

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 16 Aug 1941

 

Documents from the Service File of Harry Chandler

 

 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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