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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SOUTHALL, Harry Kenneth, AB, V24012, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Henry Alfred Southall, and of Barbara Southall, of West Kildonan, Manitoba; husband of Jessie Southall, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Harry Kenneth Southall was born in West Kildonan and received his education at Centennial and Machray schools, where he was a member of school hockey and football teams. Prior to enlistment he was employed with the W. H. Escott Company. He has four sisters, Mrs. T. Spence, Sioux Lookout, Ont. Mrs. J. Simpson, Selkirk, Man. Mrs. A. H. Brown, Lac du Bonnet, and Mrs. W. Gracey, at home.
AB Southall 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: WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 06 Sep 1940 * Commenced Active Service 04 Nov 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Jan 1941 * Rated Acting Able Seaman, RCNVR 04 Nov 1941 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 01 May 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 13 May 1942 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 14 May 1942 * Rated Able Seaman 12 Sep 1942
Service File for Kenneth Southall Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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