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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BROOKMAN, Stanley Bertram, OS, V45202, RCNVR, MPK - 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of Charles and Louisa Martha Brookman, of Burnaby, British Columbia.
Ordinary Seaman Brookman 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 DISCOVERY - Enlisted 11 Aug 1942 * Commenced Active Service 29 Oct 1942 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 05 Jan 1943 * Rated Probationary Seaman Torpedoman, RCNVR 25 May 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 29 May 1943 HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 25 Jun 1943
(SBB001) Article on OS Brookman (SBB002) Service file for Stanley Brookman // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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