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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
ELLIOTT, Odin Arthur, AB, A4441, RCNR, died 14 Apr 1943, HDC 15 (HMCS CAPTOR) - Born 01 Oct 1921, son of Mrs. Daisy Elliott, Apple river, Cumberland Co., NS; husband of Beulah R. Elliott, of Halifax, NS.
Able Seaman O. A. Elliott died in an accidental drowning due to the capsizing of a D15 in the main channel at the entrance to Saint John, New Brunswick. Arthur's body was recovered after it washed ashore. He is buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, NS.
Able Seaman Arthur O. Elliott, R.C.N.V.R., of Apple River, N.S., came to Saint John on Dec. 28, 1942, having been transferred here from Halifax. While in Saint John he and his wife, the former Miss Beulah Levy, of Halifax, resided at 45 Garden Street. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Elliott, Apple River, and prior to joining the Canadian Navy in March, 1939 he was at sea for years, sailing from Maritime centres to United States ports. He was 21 years of age. Besides his wife, to whom he was married last March, he is survived by his parents, two brothers, Victor and Richard, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Roy McWharter, Apple River, and Mrs. Clarence Allen, Parrsboro, Nova, Scotia.
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(OE01) Portrait of AB Elliott (OE02-OE03) Certificate of Service (OE04) Report of Death (OE05) Newspaper article on the death of AB Odin Elliott (transcribed above)
(below) Article on the sinking of HDPC 15
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