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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SMITH, Roseville St Clair, Stoker 1c, V23564, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of St. Clair Smith, and of Ethel S. Smith, of Upper Melbourne, Province of Quebec.
From the time Roseville was four years of age, he lived with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mr. Willis Falkenham, Lily Dale. He joined the RCNVR in 1940 at Montreal.
Stoker Smith 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: MONTREAL DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 10 Feb 1941 * Commenced Active Service 01 May 1941 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Jun 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 28 Aug 1941 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR 28 Jan 1942
Service File for Roseville Smith Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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