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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROBINSON, Walter Victor Dignum, AB, 2783, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Walter Edmund Robinson, and of Florence Ellen Robinson, of Victoria, British Columbia.
AB Robinson 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 NADEN - Enlisted 01 Jun 1936 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 21 Jul 1936 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 04 Jan 1937 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 09 Feb 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 15 Apr 1938 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 06 May 1938 HMS EXCELLENT - Drafted to EXCELLENT 21 May 1938 for Seaman Gunner's course * Rated Seaman Gunner, RCN 24 Aug 1938 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 25 Aug 1938 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Dec 1939 * Rated Quarters Rating 3rd Class, RCN 01 Jan 1939 * Rated Quarters Rating 2nd Class, RCN 29 Nov 1939 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 17 Jan 1940 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 01 Jun 1940 * Reverted to Able Seaman, RCN 01 Jan 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Jun 1941 HMCS HAMILTON - Drafted to HAMILTON 16 Jun 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Aug 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 16 Aug 1941
Service File for Walter Robinson Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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