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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
LAMB, Thomas Henry, ERA 4c, 21552, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Frank Benjamin and Fanny Lamb, of Saanich, British Columbia.
Engine Room Artificer Lamb 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.
Engine Room Artificer Thomas Henry Lamb is the third Edmontonian reported from the sinking of HMCS Margaree. He escaped death last June when the Canadian destroyer HMCS Fraser sank after a collision at sea. He was educated at the Edmonton Technical School and joined the R.C.N. in September, 1938. ERA Lamb's brother is also serving on Convoy duty. He was unmarried and his survived by his parents.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 01 Sep 1938 as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCN HMCS COMOX - Lent to COMOX from NADEN 13 Apr - 01 Jun 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to Fraser 02 Jun 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Thomas Lamb Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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