They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Ralph Howard Boutilier

 

Stoker Petty Officer, A4681, RCNR

 

Born: 05 Nov 1914, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Died: 07 May 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

BOUTILIER, Ralph Howard, Sto PO, A4681, RCNR, MPK - 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Son of A. Foster and Sarah M. Boutilier, of Windsor, Nova Scotia; husband of Mary E. Boutilier, of Cornwall, Ontario

 

Ships served in:

MONTREAL DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 26 May 1941 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Jun 1941

* Rated Leading Stoker, RCNR 08 Aug 1941

HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 05 Sep 1941

HMCS BURLINGTON - Drafted to BURLINGTON 06 Sep 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Oct 1941

HMCS ROSTHERN - Drafted to ROSTHERN 23 Jan 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Jul 1924

* Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer, RCNR 15 Aug 1942

HMCS YORK - Drafted to YORK 02 Oct 1942

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 24 Dec 1942

* Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCNR 15 Aug 1943

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 19 Oct 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Oct 1943

HMCS HOCHELAGA II - Drafted to HOCHELAGA II 26 Nov 1943

HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Drafted to VALLEYFIELD 08 Dec 1943

 

RHB001

RHB002

(RHB001) Article on the death of PO Joseph Therrian and Sto PO Ralph Boutilier  //  The Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freehold  //  Courtesy of Operation Picture Me

(RHB002) Service file for Ralph Boutilier  //  The Library and Archives of Canada


 

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