copyright © Wartime Heritage Association 2012-2021 Website hosting courtesy of Register.com - a web.com company
Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering WWII
Nova Scotia Casualties
Ira Urban Burgess
Name:
Burgess, Ira Urban
Rank:
Able Seaman
Service Number:
A/4554
Service:
HMCS St Croix, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
Date of Birth:
April 6, 1912
Place of Birth:
Port Mouton, NS
Able Seaman Burgess was the son of Thomas Burgess and Lucy Ann Burgess and husband of Florence M.
Burgess of Port Mouton, NS. A fisherman by trade, he enlisted on May 9, 1941 at Halifax. He was killed
when HMCS St Croix was torpedoed and sank while escorting convoy ON-202 south of Iceland.
Date of Death:
September 20, 1943
Age:
21
Memorial:
Halifax Memorial
Panel 7
Commemorated on Page 141 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 25