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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
WILSON, Donald Alexander Kenneth, SLt, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Alexander and Janet D. Wilson, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Sub-Lieutenant Wilson 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 25 Aug 1939 as a Naval Cadet, RCN HMS BRITANNIC (RNC) - 14 Sep 1939 for transportation to the UK for Royal Naval College * Appointment Midshipman, RCN 01 May 1940 * Appointed Sub-Lieutenant, RCN 01 Jan 1942 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Apr 1942, Add'l for F.S. Leave & Disposal HMCS OTTAWA - Appointed to OTTAWA 08 Aug 1942 * Appointment to Sub-Lieutenant, RCN amended to 01 Oct 1941
Service File for Donald Wilson Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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