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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
DAVIES, William Thomas, AB, 4242, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Thomas and Katherine Davies, of Brandon, Manitoba.
AB Davies 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 24 Mar 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Sep 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 03 Sep 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 24 Mar 1942
(WD01) Article on the death of AB Smith, AB Davies and AB Southall, all from Manitoba (WD02) Documents from the Service File of William Davies
Second World War Casualty Index
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