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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CAMPBELL, Donald Leslie, AB, 3086, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Malcolm Leslie and Jean S. Campbell, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Able Seaman Campbell died 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.
AB Donald Leslie Campbell, formerly residing at 4116 Kingsway, New Westminster, BC, was born in Saskatoon, SK., August 6th, 1918. Seaman Campbell was educated at Burnaby South High School, where he played on the rugby team. He joined the RCN at Esquimalt, BC, in 1937. he was on the destroyer HMCS Fraser, whcih was lost on June 25th, 1940, off the coast of France, but Campbell was saved, receiving only a leg injury. Four months later he was aboard HMCS Margaree, which was lost at sea on the night of October 22nd while in a collision with another vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean. Seaman Campbell was unmarried and is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jean Campbell of 1269 Nicola St., Vancouver, BC (Source: Operation Picture Me)
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 13 Sep 1937 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 30 May 1938 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 15 Feb 1939 HMS EXCELLENT - Drafted to EXCELLENT 01 Jul 1939 HMCS NADEN - Lent to NADEN 23-26 Jun 1939 * Rated Layer Rating 3rd Class, RCN 26 Sep 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 13 Oct 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 13 Oct 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 23 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940. Commissioning crew
Service File for Donald Campbell Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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