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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
OLSON, Ole Adrian, Sto 1c, 21555, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Ole and Elizabeth Olson, of Robsart, Saskatchewan; husband of Jane F. Olsen, of Cambridge, England.
Stoker Olson 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.
Stoker Ole Adrian (Ogie) Olson of Robsart, Saskatchewan was the only son of Ole and Elizabeth (Bessie) Olson who came from North Dakota to farm northeast of Robsart, Saskatchewan. Ole Sr., a Navy veteran of World War I, later bought grain at Robsart. Ogie, who was a trucker when he enlisted on October 03, 1938 at Esquimalt, British Columbia, left a wife Jane F. at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Ole "Ogie"Olson survived the sinking of HMCS Fraser.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 03 Oct 1938 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 17 Jan 1939 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 03 Jul 1939 * Survived the sinking of FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Ole Olson Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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