They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Carl Norman Harris

 

Ordinary Seaman, V335, RCNVR

 

Born: 05 Mar 1916, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

HARRIS, Carl Norman, OS, V335, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of William Stephen and Mary Harris, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

OS Harris 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:

HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 16 Sep 1941. Commenced Active Service 01 Oct 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Oct 1941

HMCS PROTECTOR - Drafted to PROTECTOR 12 Nov 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Jan 1942

HMCS SWIFT CURRENT - Drafted to SWIFT CURRENT 28 Feb 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Mar 1942

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 10 Mar 1942

 

Documents from the Service File of Carl Harris

 


 

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