They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

John Agnew Fisher

 

Able Seaman, 4288, RCN

 

Born:  

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

FISHER, John Agnew, AB, 4288, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of David Scott Fisher and Annabelle Fisher, of Biggar, Saskatchewan.

 

AB Fisher 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 11 Aug 1941

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 03 Sep 1941

* Rated Able Seaman, RCN 22 Sep 1941

HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 08 Jul 1941

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 07 Aug 1942

 

JF01

JF02

JF03

(JF01) AB John Fisher reported missing

(JF02) AB John Fisher Missed believed killed

(JF03) Documents from the Service File of John Fisher

 


 

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