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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 Elliott died when his ship, HDPC D15, capsized and sank in the main channel at the entrance to Saint John Harbour, NB, during a storm on 14 Apr 1943. His body was recovered after it washed ashore and he was 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.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 08 Apr 1941 as an Able Seaman, RCNR HMC SIGNAL SCHOOL - Drafted to HMC SIGNAL SCHOOL 01 Jul 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Jul 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to HMCS VENTURE Officer Commanding Harbour Craft 16 Jul 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA for Harbour Craft 01 May 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 05 May 1942 HDPC D15 - Drafted to HDPC-15 20 Dec 1942
(OE01) Portrait of AB Elliott (OE02) Newspaper article on the death of AB Odin Elliott (transcribed above) (OE03) Service File for Odin Elliott // Library and Archives of Canada
(below) Article on the sinking of HDPC 15
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Second World War Casualty Index
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