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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
KING, Arthur Haliburton OS, V452, RCNVR MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Mary L. King, of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
OS King 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.
Born in 1924 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, King had two older sisters but was the only son of a widowed mother. He was known as “Sunny” to his family because of his disposition and personality. He had a passion for the sea, with a dream of serving on a Destroyer. He left private school at age 16 to join the Merchant Navy, serving for a year as a deckhand/gunner on SS Cathcart in the Caribbean. He joined the RCNVR at age 17, and after time in Halifax and Sydney, was drafted onto HMCS Ottawa just after his 18th birthday, joining his ship in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He died a few months later when HMCS Ottawa, escorting convoy ON-127, was torpedoed by U-91 between Newfoundland and Greenland.
Ships served in: HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 11 Feb 1942. Commenced Active Service 11 Feb 1942 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Feb 1942 HMCS PROTECTOR - Drafted to PROTECTOR 07 Mar 1942 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 01 May 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 30 Jun 1942 HMCS STADACONA (O.C.H.C.) - Drafted to O.C.H.C. 01 Jul 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 09 Jul 1942 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 12 Jul 1942 - 06 Aug 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 07 Aug 1942
(AK01) Photo of OS Arthur King (AK02) Documents from the Service File of Arthur King
Second World War Casualty Index
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