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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BOUTET, Charles Henri, OS, 3340, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Gaudiose and Marie Boutet, of Courville, Province of Quebec.
Ordinary Seaman Boutet died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 24 Apr 1939 as a Boy Seaman, RCN HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 01 Jul 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Sep 1939 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 13 Oct 1939 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 01 Mar 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 25 May 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 14 Aug 1940
Service file for Charles Boutet Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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