They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
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) AB John Fisher reported missing (JF02) AB John Fisher Missed believed killed (JF03) Documents from the Service File of John Fisher
Second World War Casualty Index
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