They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Willard Jackson Tutty

 

Stoker 1st Class, V44285, RCNVR

 

Born: 26 May 1916, Broughton, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 27 Mar 1944, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Book of Remembrance

 

TUTTY, Willard Jackson, Sto 1c, V44285, RCNVR, Died:  27 Mar 1944, HMCS STADACONA - Son of Charles H. Tutty and Mary A. (née Campbell) Tutty, of Mira Gut.

 

Stoker Tutty died at the RCN Hospital, Halifax due to Intestinal Cancer.  He is buried in the Mira Bay Baptist Cemetery, Mira Gut, NS.

 

Ships served in:

HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 29 Jul 1942

* Commenced Active Service 29 Jul 1942 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 29 Jul 1942

NOIC SYDNEY - Drafted to SYDNEY 05 Aug 1942

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS (at Halifax) 29 Sep 1942

HMCS CHARNY - Served in CHARNY for Seamanship training 16 - 21 Nov 1942 while drafted to HMCS CORNWALLIS

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 24 Mar 1943

HMCS SAGUENAY - Drafted to SAGUENAY 20 Apr 1943 while she was undergoing repairs in the dry dock at Saint John, NB

* Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR 29 Jul 1943

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 02 Feb 1944

* Transferred to RCN Hospital Halifax 18 Feb 1944

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Feb 1944

 

WJT001

WJT002

(WJT001) Service file for Wilfred Tutty  //  Source: The Library and Archives of Canada

(WJT002) Headstone for Sto 1c William Tutty

 


 

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