They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Donald Harrison White

 

Ordinary Seaman, 3502, RCN

 

Born: 25 Apr 1922, Purcell's Cove, Nova Scotia

 

Died: 25 Jun 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

WHITE, Donald Harrison, OS, 3502, RCN, MPK - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of Gerald and Elsie White, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

OS White died when his ship, HMCS FRASER, was in a collision with HMS CALCUTTA 12 miles due west of Pointe de la Coubre light at the Gironde River mouth and sank as a result with the loss of 65 of her crew.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Boy Seaman, RCN

HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 06 Mar 1940

* Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 25 Apr 1940

 

Documents from the Service File of Donald White

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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