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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MacMILLAN, Alexander L/SBA, V18315, RCNVR MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Alexander and Ellen MacMillan; husband of Mary Helen MacMillan, of Kingston, Ontario.
Sick Berth Attendant Macmillan 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. SBA Macmillan aided Surgeon Lieut. George Hendry in caring for the wounded aboard the vessel.
Ships served in: KINGSTON DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 11 Apr 1941. Commenced Active Service 05 May 1941 as a Probationer Sick Berth Attendant, RCNVR * Rated Sick Berth Attendant, RCNVR 25 Jun 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 06 Jan 1942 * Rated Leading Sick Berth Attendant, RCNVR 15 Aug 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 09 Mar 1942
(AM01) Article on L/SBA MacMillan from the Kingston Whig-Standard (AM02) Service file of Alexander MacMillian // Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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