They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Melvin Newton Ellis

 

Able Seaman, Seaman Torpedoman, V50983, RCNVR

 

Born: 25 Mar 1922, Janeville, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick

 

Died: 25 Oct 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ELLIS, Melvin Newton, AB, V50983, RCNVR, killed - 25 Oct 1944, HMCS SKEENA - Son of Alvin and Elizabeth Ellis, of Bathurst, New Brunswick.

 

AB Ellis drowned while trying to get a safety line ashore so that the remaining crew could be safely removed from SKEENA. His body later recovered near Reykjavik Harbour. He is buried in the Fossvogur Cemetery, Reykjavik, Iceland. Prior to enlisting in the Navy he worked as a Farm Labourer.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS BRUNSWICKER - Enlisted 13 Nov 1942.  Commenced Active Service 31 Dec 1943

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 02 Mar 1943 as an OS, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jun 1943 as an OS, RCNVR

* Rated Prob. S.T. 21 Jun 1943

HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 15 Jul 1943 as an OS, RCNVR

* Rated ST 13 Nov 1943

* Rated AB 31 Dec 1943

 

ME01

ME02

ME03

ME04

ME05

(ME01-ME03) Certificate of Service - pages 1-3

(ME04) Casualty report

(ME05) Telegram to AB Ellis' father

 

ME06

ME07

ME08

(ME06) Letter to AB Ellis' father

(ME07) Letter to AB Ellis' mother

(ME08) Headstone of AB Ellis in the Fossvogur Cemetery, Reykjavik, Iceland

 


 

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