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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BURNETT, John Henry, Sto 2c, 21619, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Evan A. Burnett, and of Jane Burnett, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Stoker Burnett 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.
Stoker John Henry Burnett, age 20, was born in Victoria and joined the Navy in 1938. He was educated in Esquimalt. He joined the navy in July, 1938. He survived the sinking of HMCS Fraser and was later killed when HMCS Margaree went down.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Jan 1940 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 15 Mar 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 10 Aug 1940 * Commissioning crew 06 Sep 1940
Service file for John Burnett Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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