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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MILBURN, John Robert, OA 4c, 40939, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Robert and Susan Ann Milburn, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Sylvia Lorraine Milburn, of Toronto.
Ordnance Artificer Milburn 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: TORONTO DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 08 Jan 1940. Commenced Active Service 12 Jan 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman Bandsman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Jan 1940 * Rated Able Seaman Bandsman, RCNVR 20 Jan 1940 * Transferred. Rated Acting Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, RCNVR 12 Dec 1940 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 12 Aug 1941 * Rated Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, RCNVR 13 Dec 1941 * Transferred to the RCN 10 Jan 1942 as an Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, RCN
Service File for John Milburn // Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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