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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
ROOP, Roy Munroe, AB, A4747, RCNR, MPK - 13 Sep 1942, HMCS OTTAWA - Son of Katherine R. Roop, of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
AB Roop 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 STADACONA - Enlisted 16 May 1941 as an Able Seaman, RCNR HMCS LETHBRIDGE - Drafted to LETHBRIDGE 25 Jun 1941 HMCS PRESCOTT - Drafted to PRESCOTT 05 Jul 1941 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 12 Apr 1941 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 11 Jul 1942
Service File for Roy Roop Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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