They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

John Richardson Clark

 

Ordinary Seaman, 3431, RCN

 

Born: 21 Mar 1922, Vancouver, British Columbia

 

Died: 25 Jun 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

CLARK, John Richardson, OS, 3431, RCN, MPK - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of William and Ellen Verena Clark, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

OS Clark 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 NADEN - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Boy Seaman, RCN

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Jan 1940

HMCS FRASER - Drafted to Fraser 06 Mar 1940

* Rated Ordinary Seaman 21 Mar 1940

 

(JC01) OS John Clark Killed - Winnipeg Evening Tribune

(JC02) Documents from the Service File of John Clark

 


 

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