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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HEIBERG, Kenneth Gordon, PO, 2599, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Morris and Julia Heiberg, of Lang, Saskatchewan; husband of Mary Gertrude Heiberg, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
PO Heiberg died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was torpedoed and sunk by U-91 on 13 Sep 1942. Of her crew of 175, plus 50 survivors they had picked up, there were only 69 survivors.
Petty Officer Kenneth Gordon Heiberg, wife Mary Gertrude Heiberg, and two daughters ages 16 months and 2 ½ years reside at 3075 St. Catherine's, Vancouver. Petty Officer Heiberg, 29 has been in the Royal Canadian Navy for 13 years enlisting on May 04, 1931 at British Columbia. He was born in Lang Saskatchewan. He was aboard the destroyers Fraser and Assiniboine when they were brought to Canada from England and was aboard the Assiniboine when she took part in capture of the German merchant ship Hannover. His wife and daughter have been in Vancouver about a month before his death. Mrs. Heiberg received a telegram last Friday informing her that Petty Officer Heiberg was missing. He was going to get leave after this voyage, his wife told The Vancouver Sun. He was the son of Morris Heiberg who came from Norway to homestead southwest of Lang in 1902. His mother Julianna (Hendrickson) arrived from Wisconsin a couple of years later and they were Lang's first newlyweds.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 04 May 1931 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 09 Sep 1931 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 02 Aug 1932 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 02 May 1933 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 03 Jan 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 23 Sep 1935 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 04 Dec 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 10 Jan 1936 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 06 Jun 1936 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Nov 1936 * Rated Seaman Torpedoman, RCN 12 Dec 1936 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 22 Jan 1937 HMS PEMBROKE - Lent to PEMBROKE from FRASER 01-16 Feb 1937 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 23 Jun 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 01 Jul 1939 for LTO course at VERNON HMCS NADEN - Drafted to VERNON HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 28 Oct 1939 HMCS NADEN - Lent to NADEN from ASSINIBOINE 23-26 Jun 1939 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 15 May 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 05 Oct 1940 * Rated Acting Petty Officer, RCN 01 Apr 1941 * Rated Torpedo Gunner's Mate, RCN 01 Nov 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to Ottawa 17 Mar 1942 * Rated Petty Officer, RCN 01 Apr 1942
Documents from the Service File of Kenneth Heiberg
Second World War Casualty Index
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