They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

MacDONALD, Thomas Allan, ERA 4c, 21749, RCN, DOW - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Son of Leonard and Coral F. MacDonald, of Peterborough.

Engine Room 4th Class T. A. Macdonald died at sea of his wounds on September 13, 1942 which he sustained in enemy action when HMCS Charlottetown was sunk on September 11, 1942. ERA MacDonald was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Gaspe, Quebec. At the request of his mother, he was later  exhumed and reburied in the Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, ON.

Ships served in:

HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 15 Jul 1940 as an Engine Room Artificer 5th Class, RCN

HMCS PRINCE ROBERT - Drafted to PRINCE ROBERT 09 Oct 1940

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 17 Apr 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 May 1941

HMCS MURRAY STEWART - Drafted to MURRAY STEWART 07 Jun 1941

* Rated Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCN 15 Jul 1941

HMCS CAPTOR II - Drafted to CAPTOR II 04 Dec 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Feb 1942

HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Drafted to CHARLOTTETOWN 19 Feb 1942

(TAM001) Service file for Thomas MacDonald  //  Source: The Library and Archives of Canada

(TAM002) ERA MacDonald's headstone in the Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, ON

Second World War Casualty Index