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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
JASPER, Lawrence Cyril, O/Sig, V7574, RCNVR, MPK - 14 Apr 1943, HDPC D15 (HMCS CAPTOR) - Son of Arthur Cyril Jasper and of Stella May Jasper, Toronto, Ontario; husband of Mary Kathleen Jasper, Saint John, New Brunswick.
Ordinary Signalman Jasper 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.
Ships served in: TORONTO DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 17 May 1939 * Commenced Active Service: 20 Nov 1939 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 20 Nov 1939 HMCS STADACONA (for LURCHER lightship) - Drafted to the LURCHER Lighship 01 Jan 1940 * Rated Ordinary Signalman, RCNVR 12 Jan 1930 HMCS MURRAY STEWART - Drafted to MURRAY STEWART 13 Mar 1940 HMCS CAPTOR II - Drafted to CAPTOR II 01 May 1941 HMCS ZOARCES - Drafted to ZOARCES 16 Nov 1941 HMCS CAPTOR II - Drafted to CAPTOR II 30 Nov 1941 HMCS MURRAY STEWART - Drafted to MURRAY STEWART 14 Jan 1943 HDPC D15 - Drafted to (HMCS CAPTOR II for) HDPC D15 29 Jan 1943
Service File For Lawrence Jasper 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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