They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
COLLIER, Chesley, AB, A1275, RCNR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Husband of Ethel May Collier, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
AB COLLIER 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 STADACONA - Enlisted 13 Feb 1940 as an AB, RCNR HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 22 Aug 1941
Documents from the Service File of Chesley Collier
Second World War Casualty Index
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