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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
WIGHT, Allan Ernest, Stoker 2c, 40555, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Frank Harold and Gertrude Wight, of Ottawa, ON.
Before enlisting in the navy Allan attended a business course at Ottawa High School of Commerce. Allan joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a Victualling Assistant and later transfer to the Stoker trade. His first ship was the minesweeper GASPE followed by HMCS FRASER. He survived the sinking of the FRASER spending time in the Royal Naval Hospital, Portsmouth recovering from his wounds. He joined the crew of HMCS MARGAREE on 06 Sep 1940 and lost is life when HMCS MARGAREE was sunk in a collision while in convoy on October 22, 1940.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 27 Aug 1938 as a Victualling Assistant, RCN HMCS GASPE - Drafted to GASPE 24 Jan 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 24 Apr 1939 * Transferred. Rated Stoker 2nd Class, RCN 14 Nov 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 15 Mar 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(AEW001) Article on Stoker Wight surviving the sinking of HMCS FRASER (AEW002) Article on the deaths of Allan Ernest Wight and Norman Wyndham Edwards, close friends, who were both drafted to HMCS MARGAREE (AEW003) Service file for Allan Wight // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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