They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

James Arthur Gibb

 

Able Seaman, 4244, RCN

 

Born: 07 Nov 1921, Padiham, Lancashire, England

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

GIBB, James Arthur, AB, 4244, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Arthur and Mary Ellen Gibb, of Three Rivers, Province of Quebec.

 

AB Gibb 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 Dec 1941

 

Documents from the Service File of James Gibb

 


 

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