They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Edmund Charles Robinson

 

Leading Telegraphist, V9661, RCNVR

 

Born: 17 Apr 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

Died: 16 Sep 1942, Gaspe, Quebec

 

Book of Remembrance

 

ROBINSON, Edmund Charles, L/Tel, V/9661, RCNVR, DOW - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Son of Herbert and Isabel Robinson, of Winnipeg.

 

L/Tel Robinson died on 16 Sep 1942at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Gaspe, Quebec from injuries he received when HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN was torpedoed and sunk.

 

Ships served in:

WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 22 Sep 1939 as an OS, RCNVR. Commenced Active Service 27 Feb 1940

* Rated O/Tel 16 Apr 1940

* Rated Tel 27 Nov 1940

HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Served in ASSINIBOINE 14 Jan 1941 - 30 Nov 1941 as a Tel, RCNVR

HMCS VENTURE - Served in VENTURE 01 Dec 1941 - 07 De 1941 as a Tel, RCNVR

HMCS VENTURE - Served in VENTURE 12 Feb 1942 - 07 Mar 1942 as a Tel and A/L/Tel, RCNVR. Rated A/L/Tel 01 Mar 1942

HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN - Drafted to CHARLOTTETOWN 08 Mar 1942 as an A/L/Tel, RCNVR

 

ER01

ER02

ER03

ER04

ER05

(ER01-ER04) Certificate of Service

(ER05) Report of Death

 

ER06

(ER06) Headstone for L/Tel Robinson in the Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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