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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FULTON, Hugh Cameron, Lt, RCNVR, MPK - 21 Aug 1944, HMCS ALBERNI - Son of John Fulton and of Mary Fulton, of Montreal, Quebec.
LT Fulton died when his ship, HMCS ALBERNI, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 21 Aug 1944 by U-480, southeast of the Isle of Wight. Fifty-nine of her ship's company lost their lives.
Ships served in: MONTREAL DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 17 Jun 1942. HMCS MONTREAL - Appointed to MONTREAL 15 Mar 1943 as a Probationer Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR HMCS KINGS - Appointed to KINGS 25 Mar 1943, add'l for training and disposal HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 26 Jul 1943 (seniority 15 Mar 1943) * Appointed Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR 15 Mar 1944
(HF01) SLt Hugh Fulton. Credit McGill University Archives. Source: VAC CVWM website (HF02) Write-up on Lt Fulton. Credit: Staff magazine Bell Telephone Co. from McGill University Archives. Source: VAC CVWM website (HF03) Documents from the Service File of Hugh Fulton
Second World War Casualty Index
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