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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HANN, Peter Martin Joseph, PO Steward, 40551, RCN, killed - 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of Peter Martin and Gertrude Hann, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Petty Officer Steward Hann died when HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 by U-305. Of her crew of 149, there was only 1 survivor. HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 and the survivors were picked up by HMS ITCHEN K277 which was in turn sunk on 23 Sep 1943. Other than a couple crew that were identified by the sole survivor of ST CROIX as having been on ITCHEN it is not known which crew members died in the sinking of ITCHEN so all ST CROIX crew are listed as having died on 20 Sep 1943.
Peter's brother, James Hann also served in the RCN during the war
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 03 Aug 1938 as an Steward, RCN HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 26 Sep 1939 * Rated Leading Steward, RCN 01 Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Dec 1941 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 12 Dec 1942 HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 04 Feb 1943 * Rated Petty Officer Steward, RCN 15 Apr 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 20 Aug 1943 HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 25 Aug 1943
Service file for Peter Hann Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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