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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SHILLITO, John George, AB, 4291, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Charles and Davina Shillito, of Union Bay, British Columbia.
AB Shillito 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 24 Mar 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Aug 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 03 Sep 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 02 Jan 1942
Service file for John Shillito Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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