|
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
DOMEIER, Eric Curt, AB ST, 3173, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Ida Domeier, of Lethbridge, Alberta.
Able Seaman Domeier died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
AB Domeier was born at Glenford, Alta., on 31 Aug 1918. He entered the service in June 1938 at Esquimalt, BC and later proceeded to Plymouth, England, for trades training as a torpedoman. AB Domeier was a survivor of HMCS Fraser when it was sunk in Jun 1940. He was one of the crew of HMCS Margaree when it was lost during the night of 22 Oct 1940, in a collision in the North Atlantic. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ida Domeier, Lethbridge, Alta.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 06 Jun 1938 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 03 Dec 1938 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 05 Sep 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 14 Oct 1939 * Rated Seaman Torpedoman, RCN 04 Nov 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 13 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew * Discharged Dead 22 Oct 1940
(ECD001) Article on AB Domeier suriving the sinking of HMCS FRASER only to lose his life in the sinking of HMCS MARGAREE a few months later // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (ECD002) Service file for Eric Domeier // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
|
