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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
COOPPER, Ewart Beaumont, LS SD, V18165, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Wilfrid Ewart Coopper and Gwenyth Coopper, of Sunbury, Ontario.
LS Coopper 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: KINGSTON DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 25 Sep 1940. Commenced Active Service 05 Nov 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 20 Nov 1940 * Rated Acting Submarine Detector, RCNVR 07 Feb 1941 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 10 Apr 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 23 Apr 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 23 Jun 1941 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCNVR 01 Apr 1941
Documents from the Service File of Ewart Coopper
Second World War Casualty Index
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