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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CARRIER, Gordon Albert, AB Prob. AA III, V31005, RCNVR, MPK - 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of Sydney and Lena Carrier, of South Nelson, New Brunswick.
Able Seaman Carrier died when HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 by U-305. Of her crew of 149, there was only 1 survivor. When HMCS ST CROIX was sunk, the survivors were picked up by HMS ITCHEN K277, which was in turn sunk on 23 Sep 1943. Other than a couple crew members that were identified by the sole survivor of ST CROIX as having been on ITCHEN it is not known which crew members died in the sinking of ITCHEN so all ST CROIX crew are listed as having died on 20 Sep 1943.
Ships served in: HMCS BRUNSWICKER - Enlisted 14 Mar 1942 * Commenced Active Service 23 Mar 1942 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 29 Apr 1942 HMCS SHELBURNE - Drafted to SHELBURNE 02 May 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 13 Nov 1942 HMCS SHELBURNE - Drafted to SHELBURNE 10 Dec 1942 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 31 Jan 1943 * Rated Acting Able Seaman, RCNVR 04 Apr 1943 * Rated Probationary Anti-Aircraft Rating 3rd Class, RCNVR HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 24 May 1943 HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 27 May 1943
(GC01) Article on the death of Gordon Albert // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (GC02) Service file for Gordon Albert // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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