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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
YEADON, Robert Lawrence, AB, V-272, RCNVR, killed - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Andrew W. Yeadon and Florence Lillian Yeadon, of Armdale, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia.
AB Yeadon died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 29 Apr 1944. His body was recovered and he was buried in the Ile-de-Batz Communal Cemetery Finistere, France.
Ships served in: HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 28 Feb 1939 as an Ordinary Seman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Served in STADACONA 16 Jul 1939 - 12 Aug 1939 for Training HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Commenced Active Service 24 Oct 1939 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 07 Nov 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 25 Feb 1940 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 09 Mar 1940 * Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 13 Mar 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Jun 1941 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 02 Mar 1942 HMCS KAMSACK - Drafted to KAMSACK 27 May 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 10 Sep 1943 HMCS NIOBE Drafted to NIOBE 02 Nov 1943 HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 16 dEC 1943
(RY01) Photo of AB Robert Yeadon. Courtesy of Cynthia (Yeadon) Tompkins (RY02) AB Yeadon's headstone in the Ile-de-Batz Communal Cemetery Finistere, France (RY03) Documents from the Service File of Robert Yeadon
(RY04) AB Yeadon's headstone (right) in the Ile-de-Batz Communal Cemetery Finistere, France Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial - VAC website
Second World War Casualty Index
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