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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
PORTER, Harold Steven, OS, V27475, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Charles Sydney and Maggie Porter, of Toronto, Ontario.
OS Porter 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: TORONTO DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 16 Jun 1941 * Commenced Active Service 07 Aug 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 23 Nov 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Mar 1942 * Rated Acting Layer Rating 3rd Class, RCNVR 15 Apr 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 23 May 1942 * Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 07 Aug 1942
Service File for Harold Porter Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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