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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FERGUSON, Robert Scott, OS, 3239, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Duncan and Elizabeth Jane Ferguson, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Ordinary Seaman 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.
Ordinary Seaman Robert Scott Ferguson, son of Duncan and Elizabeth Jane Ferguson, was born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert attended Scott collegiate and enlisted on October 03, 1938 as a boy seaman at Esquimalt, BC.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 03 Oct 1938 as a Boy Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 10 Jul 1939 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 01 Aug 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Nov 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 10 Mar 1930 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Robert Ferguson Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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