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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
OLSON, Clarence Joseph, OS, 3326, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Ludvik and Bertha Olson, of Invermay, Saskatchewan.
Ordinary Seaman Olson 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.
Ordinary Seaman Clarence Joseph Olson of Ottawa, Ontario, was the son of Ludvik and Bertha Martha (Brune) Olson, a Norwegian couple who came from North Dakota to farm in 1904, and was among the earliest settlers in the Invermay area. Clarence was born at Canora and was farming in the Ottawa area when he enlisted, April 20, 1939 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 20 Apr 1939 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE 24 Jun 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Sep 1939 HMCS GASPE - Drafted to GASPE 13 Oct 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 06 Feb 1940 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 13 Mar 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Clarence Oslon Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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