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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROBERTSON, Robert Gordon, Tel, V24172, RCNVR, MPK - 18 Mar 1945, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Son of Robert and Mary Robertson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba; husband of Violet Isobel Robertson, of Winnipeg.
Tel Robertson died when his ship, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH, was torpedoed and sunk by U-868 in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of 53 of her crew. His younger brother, Coder Earl Robertson, was lost in the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA H60.
Ships served in: WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 21 Oct 1940 * Commenced Active Service 22 Nov 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Dec 1940 * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist, RCNVR 10 Jan 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 05 Apr 1941 HMCS MOOSE - Drafted to MOOSE 10 Apr 1941 HMCS ANDREE DUPRE - Drafted to ANDREE DUPRE 05 May 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 11 May 1941 HMCS ARRAS - Drafted to ARRAS 14 May 194 * Rated Telegraphist, RCNVR 22 Aug 1942 HMCS NAPANEE - Drafted to NAPANEE 30 Sep 1941 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 07 Nov 1942 HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Drafted to GUYSBOROUGH 18 Jul 1943
Service File for Robert Robertson Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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