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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
COOK, John Edward, Sto 1c, 21488, RCN, MPK - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of Harold B. and Louisa Cook, of Melaval, Saskatchewan.
Stoker Cook 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. John went to school at Melaval and Limerick, SK and enlisted in the RCN on 14 Jul 1937 as Esquimalt, BC.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 14 Jul 1937 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 29 Dec 1937 * Rated Stoker 1st Class 14 Jul 1938
Documents from the Service File of John Cook
Second World War Casualty Index
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