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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
LEROY, Charles Edgar, AB RDF 2c, V19286, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Walter Kirk, and of Katherine Leroy, of Toronto, Ontario.
AB LeRoy 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: WINDSOR DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 30 Apr 1941. Commenced Active Service 06 Aug 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman V/S, RCNVR HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 15 Oct 1941 * Transferred to Seaman Branch 30 Dec 1941 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR 30 Dec 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 08 Jan 1942 * Rated Radio Direction Finder Operator 2nd Class, RCNVR 21 Apr 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 23 Apr 1942 * Rated Acting Able Seaman, RCNVR 06 Aug 1942
Documents from the Service File of Charles LeRoy
Second World War Casualty Index
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