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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MILLER, Earl Glawson, Sto 1c, 21692, RCN MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Frederick C. P. Miller, and of Bessie M. Miller, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Stoker Miller 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 04 Dec 1939 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNR * Transferred to the RCN 16 Apr 1940 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS SANKATY - Drafted to SANKATY 25 Sep 1940 HMCS NIAGARA - Drafted to NIAGARA 05 Nov 1940 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 08 Nov 1940 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 12 Jul 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 05 Jan 1942
Service File of Earl Miller // Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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