They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Camille Gerard Trudel

 

Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR

 

Born: 23 Sep 1915, Quebec, Quebec

 

Died: 13 Sep 1942 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

TRUDEL, Camille Gerard, Sto 1c, V3555, RCNVR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Joseph and Yvonne Trudel, of Quebec City.

 

Stoker Trudel 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:

QUEBEC DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 23 Jul 1940

* Commenced Active Service 17 Sep 1940 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Oct 1940

HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 23 Apr 1941

HMCS RIMOUSKI - Drafted to RIMOUSKI 27 Apr 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Aug 1941

* Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR 26 Aug 1941

HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 03 Oct 1941

HMCS SWIFT CURRENT - Drafted to SWIFT CURRENT 13 Nov 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Feb 1942

HMCS FUNDY - Drafted to FUNDY 15 Apr 1942

HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 16 May 1942

 

Service File for Camille Trudel

Library and Archives of Canada

 


 

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