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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
NEIL, Percy Thomas, AB ST, V6513, RCNVR, MPK 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Richard and Ida Jane Neil, of Woodroffe, Ontario.
Able Seaman Percy Thomas Neil, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomas Neil, of Woodroffe, has been reported missing, believed killed in action, according to word received by his family from the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services. On September 7, his father had received a cable from him stating he was in England and that everything was well with him. He enlisted in Ottawa in May 1940 and went overseas in August of the same year. Three months ago he was assigned to service aboard HMCS Ottawa. During his naval service AB Neil had been drafted to several craft including the Prince Henry which brought 53 Nazi survivors to Canada off the German ship "Hermonthis prior to last May. He served also for a time on a minesweeper. Born in Ottawa, he attended Nepean High School. Prior to enlistment he was employed with the Sun Oil Company at Woodroffe. His sister, Ada Neil, resides at Woodroffe, and he has two brothers, Cecil Neil, at Kirkland Lake and Richard e. Neil in the RCAF, stationed at Kingston, Nova Scotia.
AB Neil 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.
Ships served in: OTTAWA DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 10 Jun 1940. Commenced Active Service 12 Aug 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 21 Aug 1940 * Rated Seaman Torpedoman, RCNVR 28 Sep 1940 HMCS PRINCE HENRY - Drafted to PRINCE HENRY 01 Jan 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 12 May 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 May 1941 HMCS SUDEROY V - Drafted to SUDEROY V 02 Jun 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Jul 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 22 Aug 1941
(PN01) Newspaper article (transcribed above) on the death of AB Neil (PN02) Service file for Percy Neil // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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