They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

SLAUNWHITE, Harry Melvin, AB, A4589, RCNR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Robert and Annabella Slaunwhite, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Rita M. Slaunwhite, of Halifax.

AB Slaunwhite 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 12 May 1941 as an Able Seaman, RCNR

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 16 Aug 1941

Service File for Harry Slaunwhite

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