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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
WHITEHOUSE, Eric, RPO, 2464, RCN, killed - 22 Aug 1944, HMS NABOB - husband of Alice Whitehouse, of Vancouver, BC.
RPO Whitehouse died when his ship, HMS NABOB, was hit by a torpedo from U-354 which resulted in the loss of 21 of NABOB'S crew. NABOB made it back to port but was never repaired. She was later paid off and sold for scrap.
RPO Whitehouse is buried in the Douglas Bank Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
Ships served in: HMCS VANCOUVER - Served in Vancouver 07 Jun 1930 - 08 Aug 1942 as an OS / AB, RCN. Rated AB 29 Jul 1931 HMCS ARMENTIERES - Served in Armentieres 01 Dec 1932 - 13 Jul 1934 as an AB, RCN HMCS VANCOUVER - Served in Vancouver 05 Jan 1935 - 26 Nov 1936 as an AB, RCN HMCS ARMENTIERES - Served in Armentieres 14 Dec 1936 - 27 Dec 1936 as an AB, RCN HMCS FRASER - Served in Fraser 22 Jan 1937 - 27 Mar 1937 as an AB, RCN HMCS SKEENA - Served in Skeena 28 Mar 1937 - 09 Aug 1937 as an AB, RCN HMS FORESTER - Served in Forester 01 Jan 1938 - 01 Apr 1938 as an AB, RCN HMS/HMCS CRUSADER- Served in Crusader 02 Apr 1938 - 30 Sep 1938 as an AB, RCN. Crusader was transferred to the RCN on 15 Jun 1938 HMCS OTTAWA - Served in Ottawa 17 Jan 1939 - 04 Jul 1939 as an AB, RCN HMCS GIVENCHY (Guard boat) - Served in Givenchy 10 Aug 1940 - 13 Sep 1940 as an AB, RCN HMCS QUINTE - Served in Quinte 29 Aug 1941 - 19 Nov 1941 as an A/LS, RCN HMCS FREDERICTON - Served in Fredericton 09 Dec 1941 - 08 Apr 1942 as an LS / A/PO, RCN. Rated A/PO 01 Apr 1942 HMCS GRANDMERE - Served in Grandmere 12 Jun 1942 - 30 Dec 1942 HMCS NABOB - Drafted to Nabob 08 Feb 1944 as an A/RPO, RCN. Rated RPO 15 Mar 1944
(1-3) Certificate of Service (4-5) Service Summary
Second World War Casualty Index
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