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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
PURCELL, Herbert Augustus Engine Room Artificer 3c, A1056, RCNR MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Francis Augustus and Agnes Victoria Purcell, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Dorothy Mary Purcell, of Halifax.
ERA Purcell 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: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 23 Nov 1939 as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCNR HMCS GASPE - Drafted to GASPE 13 Dec 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Aug 1940 HMCS NOOTKA - Drafted to NOOTKA 22 Oct 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Dec 1940 * Rated Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCNR 10 Jan 1941 HMCS COBALT - Drafted to COBALT 06 Apr 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Jun 1941 HMCS HAMILTON - Drafted to HAMILTON 15 Jun 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 31 Jul 1941 HMCS CAMROSE - Drafted to CAMROSE 01 Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Oct 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 11 Nov 1941 * Rated Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class, RCNR 25 Jul 1942
Service file for Herbert Purcell Source: Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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