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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
WHITING, Basil Evans, AB, 4037, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of William H. Whiting, and of Muriel Alice Whiting, of Whaletown, British Columbia.
AB Whiting 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 18 Nov 1940 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 23 Mar 1941 * Rated Bugler 01 Apr 1941 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 Basil Whiting Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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