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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
COLE, John Ward, Sig, 3033, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - son of William John and Edna Cole of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Signalman Cole died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
John's brothers Leslie Cole and William Arthur Cole also served in the RCN.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 12 Jul 1937 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 26 Jan 1938 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 02 May 1938 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 28 May 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 29 Oct 1938 * Rated Ordinary Signalman, RCN 10 Dec 1938 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 01 Jan 1939 HMS EFFINGHAM - Royal Navy cruiser - Served in Effingham 29 Jul 1939 - 12 Sep 1939 as an O/Sig, RCN HMS PYRAMUS - Royal Navy Base in the Orkney Islands - Drafted to PYRAMUS 18 Sep 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 10 Oct 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 18 Oct 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Nov 1939 * Rated Signalman, RCN 20 Jan 1940 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 11 Feb 1940 * Survived the sinking of FRASER on 25 Jun 1940. HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940
Service file for John Cole Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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