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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BANKS, Merl Alexander, AB, A4891, RCNR, MPK - 06 Feb 1943, HMCS LOUISBURG - Son of Joseph D. and Amy Banks, of Torbrook Mines, Nova Scotia; husband of Doris F. Banks, of Kingston, Nova Scotia.
AB Banks died when his ship, HMCS LOUISBURG, which was on convoy duty in the Mediterranean, was sunk by bombs and torpedoes from Italian aircraft.
Prior to joining the Navy, AB Banks served in the BC Regiment DCOR as a Rifleman 30 Aug 1939 to 04 Aug 1941. He'd also worked as a civilian in the Merchant Marine. He attended the county school at Torbrook Mine and his hobby was reading. He married Doris Frances E. Jones in 1935 who survived him with a daughter Joan: three brothers, Claude serving in the armed forces in Italy, Leon of Boston, Mass., and Chester L. Banks of Toronto.
Ships served in: TORONTO DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 05 Aug 1941 as an AB, RCNR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Aug 1941 HMCS HOCHELAGA II - Drafted to HOCHELAGA II (Manning Pool) 10 Sep 194 HMCS LOUISBURG - Drafted to LOUISBURG 02 Oct 1941
(MB01) AB Merle Banks (MB02) Service File for Merle Alexander Banks
Second World War Casualty Index
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