Ronald Clyde Miller, Radio Artificer 3rd Class, RCN

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Ronald Clyde Miller

Radio Artificer 4th Class, V13303, RCNVR

Radio Artificer 3rd Class, 40459, RCN

Born: 20 Apr 1920, Calgary, Alberta

Died: 16 Apr 1945, Newport Corner, Nova Scotia

Book of Remembrance

MILLER, Ronald Clyde, Radio Artificer 3rd Class, 40959, RCN, died 16 Apr 1945, HMCS STADACONA (Depot Ship) / NRS NEWPORT CORNER - Son of James Harry and Annie Miller, of Calgary, Alberta; husband of Elizabeth Miller, of Falmouth.

Artificer 3rd Class Ronald Clyde Miller transferred from the R.C.N.V.R. to the Royal Canadian Navy on 01 Jun 1943. Artificer 3rd Class Ronald Clyde Miller was working at the navy's transmitter site in Newport Corners and was killed as a result of an electric shock. He is buried in the Falmouth Cemetery, Centre Falmouth, NS

Ships served in:

RCNVR DIVISION CALGARY - Enlisted 19 Sep 1939

HMCS PRINCE ROBERT - Served in PRINCE ROBERT 31 Jul 1940 - 08 Oct 1940 as a Tel, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA (Depot ship for) NAVAL W/T STATION, Newport Corner, NS - Drafted to W/T Station 19 Sep 1942 as an A/PO Tel (M), RCNVR

* Transferred to the RCN 01 Jun 1943

HMCS STADACONA (Depot ship) - Recorded on the books of STADACONA 01 Jun 1943 - 08 Nov 1944 as an RA 4c and RA3c, RCN. Rated RA 3c 09 May 1944.

HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Served in ST HYACINTHE 09 Nov 1944 - 09 Feb 1945 as an RA 3c, RCN

HMCS STADACONA (Depot ship) - Records on the books of STADACONA 10 Feb 1945 - 16 Apr 1945 as an RA 3c, RCN

* While it is not recorded on his RCN Certificate of Service, RA Miller was employed at the Naval W/T Station, Newport Corner, NS at the time of his death.

Biography of Ronald C. Miller - prepared by the Citizen Sailors Virtual Cenotaph project of the UNTD Association of Canada from interviews and publicly accessible sources.