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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
KEEPING, Robert, AB, A1178, RCNR, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Henry and Lavinia Keeping; brother of Isobel Munden, of Burnt Island, Newfoundland.
Able Seaman Keeping 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 27 Dec 1939 as an Able Seaman, RCNR HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 10 Jan 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940
Service file for Robert Keeping Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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