They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Joseph Mailly Rodrigue Trudel

 

Stoker 1st Class (M), V57947, RCNVR

 

Born: 30 Aug 1922, Saint-Antoine-Abbé, Quebec

 

Died: 16 Apr 1945 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

TRUDEL, Joseph Mailly Rodrigue, Sto 1c (M), V57947, RCNVR, MPK - 16 Apr 1945, HMCS ESQUIMALT - Son of Emilie Trudel, of Montreal, Quebec

 

Sto 1c Trudel died when his ship, HMCS ESQUIMALT, was torpedoed and sunk by U-190 off the approaches to Halifax harbour.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS CARTIER - Enlisted 02 Apr 1943. Commenced Active Service 05 Apr 1943 as a Sto 1c

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 14 Jul 1943 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Oct 1943 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS YORK - Drafted to YORK 28 Oct 1943 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 10 Jan 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 09 Mar 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

ML Q087 - Drafted to Q087 10 Ma 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

* Rated Sto 1c (M) 28 Jun 1944

HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 09 Aug 1944 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

ML Q064 - Drafted to Q064 22 Sep 1944 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 14 Oct 1944 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

ML Q064 - Drafted to Q064 17 Oct 1944 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

HMCS PROTECTOR - Drafted to PROTECTOR 04 Dec 1944 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 24 Feb 1945 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

HMCS ESQUIMALT - Drafted to ESQUIMALT 06 Mar 1945 as a Sto 1c (M), RCNVR

 

Documents from the Service File of Joseph Trudel

 


 

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