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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MCKINNON, Desmond Scott, Chief Stoker, 21202, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Ralph and Mary Ann McKinnon, of Vulcan, Alberta; husband of Mary E. McKinnon, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Chief Stoker McKinnon 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.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted in the RCN 2 sep 1926 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS PATRICIAN - Drafted to PATRICIAN 01 Dec 1926 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 15 Sep 1927 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to Dane 01 Jan 1928 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 05 Feb 1928 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 08 Apr 1929 HMS COLOMBO - Drafted to COLOMBO 16 May 1929 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 11 Aug 1929 HMCS THIEPVAL - Drafted to THIEPVAL 05 Oct 1929 HMS PEMBROKE - Drafted to PEMBROKE 24 Dec 1929 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 04 Apr 1930 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 07 May 1930 * Rated Acting Leading Stoker, RCN 01 Sep 1930 * Rated Leading Stoker, RCN 01 Sep 1931 HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 01 Apr 1933 * Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer 22 May 1934 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 18 Jun 1934 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 06 Aug 1934 * Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCN 22 May 1935 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Jun 1936 HMCS CHAMPLAIN - Drafted to CHAMPLAIN 16 Jun 1936 HMCS SAGUENAY - Drafted to SAGUENAY 17 Jun 1936 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 14 Dec 1936 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 21 Jan 1937 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 21 Apr 1938 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jun 1938 HMCS OTTAWA - Drafted to OTTAWA 01 Jul 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 29 Jul 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 01 Sep 1939 HMS KEMPENFELT - Drafted to KEMPENFELT 30 Sep 1939 * Rated Chief Stoker, RCN 15 Oct 1939 * HMS KEMPENFELT paid off and Commission in the RCN as HMCS ASSINIBOINE 19 Oct 1939 * Commissioning crew for HMCS ASSINIBOINE HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 25 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Desmond McKinnon Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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