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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MARTINDALE, Ralph Omar, OS, V17891, RCNVR, MPK - 07 Sep 1942, HMCS RACCOON - Son of Ralph Emerson Martindale and Ina Agatha Martindale, of Sarnia, Ontario.
OS Martindale died when his ship, HMCS RACCOON, which was on convoy escort in the St. Lawrence River off the Gaspé Peninsula, was hit and sunk by two torpedoes from U165. All 37 hands were lost.
Ships served in: HMCS PREVOST - Enlisted 27 Dec 1941. Commenced Active Service 27 Dec 1941 as an OS, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Feb 1941 as an OS, RCNVR HMCS RACCOON - Drafted to RACCOON 21 Apr 1942 as an OS, RCNVR
(RM01) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2 (RM02) Casualty report (RM03) Official declaration of Missing Presumed Dead
Second World War Casualty Index
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