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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROBBINS, Edward Gorton, SLt, O-62553, RCN, Killed - 30 Apr 1941, S.S. NERISSA - Son of William Alan and Agnes Hyacinthe Robbins, of Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Sub-Lieutenant Robbins was a passenger aboard the troopship NERISSA when she was torpedoed and sunk. His body wash ashore near Ballysaggart, St. John's Point, Dunkineely, County Donegal. He was buried in the Killaghtee Old Graveyard, near Dunkineely, Republic of Ireland.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 26 Aug 1938 as a Naval Cadet, RCN HMS EXCELLENT - Appointed to EXCELLENT 16 Sep 1938 HMS EREBUS - Appointed to EREBUS 16 Sep 1938 HMS VINDICTIVE - Appointed to VINDICTIVE 10 Jan 1939 * Appointed Midshipman, RCN HMS DURBAN - Appointed to DURBAN 01 Sep 1939 * Appointed Acting Sub-Lieutenant, RCN S.S. NERISSA - as passenger
(ER01) Service file for Edward Robbins // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada (ER02 Headstone for SLt Edward Robbins
Below are two photos and an excerpt of a book review of "S.S. Nerissa, the Final Crossing: The Amazing True Story of the Loss of a Canadian Troopship in the North Atlantic" by R. Stewart from the United Kingdom.
The attached photos show one of her dead, a young Canadian officer who is buried on St. John's Point in Donegal Bay, his headstone in a cemetery some 300 years old seems out of place. I "visit" him when I am down that way as he is so alone and so far from home.
Second World War Casualty Index
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