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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CHISHOLM, Robert Donald, AB, 4241, RCN, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Robert and Jessie Mabel Chisholm, of Rhineland, Saskatchewan.
Able Seaman Robert Donald Chisholm was the son of Robert and Jessie Mabel Chisholm. Robert Jr. was born a Hodgeville, Saskatchewan and was a high school student at Swift Current when he enlisted on March 14, 1941 at Esquimalt, British Columbia.
AB Chisholm died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was torpedoed and sunk by U-91 on 13 Sep 1942. Of her crew of 175, plus 50 survivors they had picked up, there were only 69 survivors.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 24 Mar 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Aug 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 03 Sep 1941 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 22 Dec 1941
(RC01) Portrait of Ordinary Seaman Donald Chisholm (RC02) Documents from the Service File of Donald Chisholm
Second World War Casualty Index
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