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Ira Urban Burgess

RCNR (A 4554). Canadian

Born  6 Apr 1912Port Mouton, Nova Scotia
Died  20 Sep 1943(31)

Roster information listed for Ira Urban Burgess


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
HMCS St. Croix (I 81)DestroyerAble Seaman20 Sep 1943 (+)U-305 (1)

Personal information

Son of Thomas and Lucy Ann Burgess, husband of Florence Mae Burgess, of Port Mouton, Nova Scotia. He joined the RCN on 9 May 1941 and had served aboard HMCS St. Croix since 14 July 1942. His wife was pregnant at the time of his death at sea and his son Ira Richard was born on 25 March 1944.

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