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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MITCHELL, Patrick Allen, LS, 3467, RCN, MPK - 24 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Son of Hilda Mitchell, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
LS Mitchell died when HMCS SHAWINIGAN was sunk by U-1228 on 24 Nov 1944. Of her crew of 91, there were no survivors.
On May 07, 1942 Leading Torpedoman Patrick A. Mitchell, 20, has returned east after spending leave with his mother, Mrs. Hilda Mitchell, and his sister at their home on Haywood Avenue. Mitchell joined the Royal Canadian Navy in October, 1939, and went to sea two months later. A brother, Theo, is training as an observer with the R.C.A.F. at Lethbridge. On December 14, 1944 Leading Seaman Patrick Mitchell, son of Mrs. Hilda Mitchell, 2309 Haywood Avenue, is among those reported missing in the sinking of HMCS Shawinigan. Joining the navy three months before the outbreak of war, he went through the blitz of England, and later served in the North Sea, Iceland and Russia. Following a month's leave at home and a petty officers' course at Halifax, he served in the West Indies and aboard HMCS Huron during the Normandy invasion. Previous to joining up he was a Sea Cadet. His brother, Sergeant T.E. Mitchell, is a photographer with the R.C.A.F.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Jan 1940 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 20 Jan 1940 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 31 Jul 1940 * Rated Seaman Torpedoman, RCN 09 Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 03 Jun 1942 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 01 Sep 1941 HMCS HOCHELAGA II - Drafted to HOCHELAGA II 13 Sep 1941 HMCS KAMSACK - Drafted to KAMSACK 04 Oct 1941 - Commissioning crew HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 22 Nov 1941 HMCS HOCHELAGA II - Drafted to HOCHELAGA II 25 Nov 1941 HMCS MELVILLE - Drafted to MELVILLE 03 Dec 1941 - Commissioning crew HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 03 Oct 1942 HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 07 Oct 1942 HMCS BLAIRMORE - Drafted to BLAIRMORE 18 Nov 1942 * Disrated to Able Seaman 08 Apr 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Apr 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 11 Jun 1943 HMCS HURON - Drafted to HURON 19 Jul 1943 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman 07 Oct 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 17 Jan 1944 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA26 Jan 1944 HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to SHAWINIGAN 11 Jun 1944
Documents from the Service File of Patrick Mitchell
Second World War Casualty Index
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