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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HOCKLEY, John Wood, Steward, X41056, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of George and Emma Hockley; husband of Katherine A. Hockley, of Montreal, Quebec.
Able Seaman Hockley 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 STADACONA - Enlisted 30 Apr 1940 as a Steward, RCN HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 17 Aug 1941
Documents from the Service File of John Hockley
Second World War Casualty Index
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