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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FRIESEN, Louis, Sto PO, V30201, RCNVR, MPK - 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Son of Annie Friesen, of Cloverdale, BC.
Stoker Petty Officer Friesen died when his ship, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, was torpedoed and sunk on 07 May 1944 by U-548. Of her crew of 163, there were only 38 survivors.
Petty Officer Louis Friesen of Port Alberni, British Columbia, was the son of Henry C. and Annie (Bartsch) Friesen of Cloverdale, Louis was born at Hepburn and was working as an oiler for Alberni Pacific Lumber when he enlisted on June 08, 1940 at Victoria, British Columbia. He married Katherine Mary (Schafer) at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1942 (she was convicted the next year of criminal fraud and sentenced to three years; apparently she was drawing support payments on behalf of two different sailors).
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 04 Jun 1940 * Commenced Active Service 04 Jun 1940 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 03 Feb 1941 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 07 Feb 1941 HMCS KAMLOOPS - Drafted to KAMLOOPS 10 Feb 1941 * Rated Acting Leading Stoker, RCNVR 01 Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 Se p1941 HMCS CHILLIWACK - Drafted to CHILLIWACK 23 Jan 1941 * Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer, RCNVR 01 Aug 1942 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 11 Sep 1942 HMCS NAPANEE - Drafted to NAPANEE 10 Oct 1942 * Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCNVR 01 Aug 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 06 Nov 1943 HMCS CAPTOR II - Drafted to CAPTOR II 13 Nov 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 22 Dec 1943 HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Drafted to VALLEYFIELD 24 Dec 1943
(LF01) Article on Stoker PO Friesen missing, presumed dead (LF02) Service File for Louis Friesen // Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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