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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CLEMO, Frederick John Byron, AB, 4216, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick James Clemo, of Victoria, British Columbia.
AB Clemo 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 23 Feb 1941 as an Assistant Cook (S), RCNVR * Transferred to the RCN 26 Mar 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 27 Mar 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Sep 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 03 Sep 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 15 Jan 1942
Documents from the Service File of Frederick Clemo
Second World War Casualty Index
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