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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Nigel David Zenkner

 

Ordinary Seaman

 

Electronic Warfare Sensor Operator, C.A.F. (Navy)

 

Born: 14 Jan 1959, Dewsbury, United Kingdom

 

Died: 27 Mar 1979 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ZENKNER, Nigel David, OS.EW, C.A.F., died - 17 Mar 1979, HMCS NIPIGON - Lost at sea - Son of Richard and Martha Zenkner of Waterloo, ON.

 

Seaman falls overboard - Halifax (CP) - Nigel David Zenkner, a crew member of the Canadian Forces destroyer NIPIGON, was missing at sea after falling overboard 150 nautical miles south of Halifax. Aircraft and surface ships were searching the area but a Canadian Forces spokesman said there was not much hope of him being alive in the cold water. (Victoria Times Colonist, Wed., 28 Mar 1979 - researched by George Newbury)

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NIPIGON

 


 

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