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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROBINSON, Edmund Charles, L/Tel, V/9661, RCNVR, DOW - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Son of Herbert and Isabel Robinson, of Winnipeg.
L/Tel Robinson died on 16 Sep 1942at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Gaspe, Quebec from injuries he received when HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN was torpedoed and sunk.
Ships served in: WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 22 Sep 1939 * Commenced Active Service 27 Feb 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist, RCNVR 16 Apr 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 18 May 1940 * Rated Telegraphist, RCNVR 27 Nov 1940 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 14 Jan 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 01 Dec 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 08 Dec 1941 HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 03 Jan 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Feb 1942 HMCS VENTURE - Served in VENTURE 12 Feb 1942 * Rated Acting Leading Telegraphist, RCNVR 01 Mar 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 08 Mar 1942 HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Drafted to CHARLOTTETOWN 08 Mar 1942 as an A/L/Tel, RCNVR
(ECR001) Service file for Edmund Robinson // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada (ECR002) Headstone for L/Tel Robinson in the Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg
Second World War Casualty Index
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