They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Ashley Kilburn MacDonald

 

Able Seaman, 3625, RCN

 

Born: 21 Aug 1920, Ottawa, Ontario

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

MACDONALD, Ashley Kilburn, AB, 3625, RCN, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of James Arthur and Marion Nelles MacDonald, of Ottawa, Ontario.

 

AB MacDonald died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 06 May 1940 as an OS, RCN

HMCS SANS PEUR - Drafted to SANS PEUR 23 Nov 1940

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jan 1941

HMCS RESTIGOUCHE - Drafted to RESTIGOUCHE 07 Jan 1941

* Rated AB 06 May 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Aug 1942

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 13 Aug 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 30 Sep 1942

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 28 Oct 1942

HMCS LUNENBURG - Drafted to LUNENBURG 09 Nov 1942

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 07 May 1943

HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 14 Aug 1943

 

Documents from the Service File of Ashley MacDonald

 


 

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