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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MCILDOON, Edward, LS QRII, 2819, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of George and Margaret McIldoon, of Edmonton, Alberta; husband of Isabel McIldoon, of Esquimalt, British Columbia.
Leading Seaman McIldoon 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.
Edward's 3 brothers, George McIldoon, Robert McIldoon and Jack McIldoon, all served in the Navy.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 11 Jan 1937 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to Fraser 01 Aug 1937 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 12 Apr 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 27 Oct 1938 * Rated Seaman Gunner, RCN 12 Dec 1938 * Rated Quarters Rating 3rd Class, RCN 01 Jan 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 14 Dec 1940 * Rated Quarters Rating 2nd Class, RCN 03 Mar 1940 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 01 Jun 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(EM01) Newspaper article on the death of LS McIldoon (EM02) Service file for Edward McIldoon // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
EM03 (EM03) Article on the 4 McIldoon brothers - George, Robert, Jack and Edward - all serving in the Navy during the 2nd World War
Second World War Casualty Index
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