Name: Donald Fraser McIvor Rank: Stoker Service No: V/328 Service: Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Minesweeper HMS Bramble Date of Birth: February 24, 1916 Place of Birth: Ellershouse, Hants Co., NS Date of Enlistment: September 10, 1941 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address At Enlistment: Ellershouse, Hants Co., NS Age at Enlistment: 25 Trade: Truck Driver Marital Status: Single Religion: United Church of Canada Next of Kin: Bernice L. McIvor (Mother) Ellershouse, Hants Co., NS Date of Death: December 31, 1942 Age At Death: 26 Memorial: Halifax Memorial Panel Reference: Panel 9 Commemorated on Page 97 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 2 Donald McIvor was the son of Malcolm McIvor (1875-1965) and Bernice Lenore (Brown) McIvor (1880-1960), of Ellershouse, Hants Co., Nova Scotia. His father was also born in Ellershouse, NS and his parents were married in Newport, Hants County. Donald was from a large family with nine siblings. Donald joined HMS Bramble on September 5, 1942. The Bramble was a a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the Royal Navy. The ship was sunk by the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt in the Barents Sea on December 31, 1942, while escorting convoy JW-51B to Russia. 121 men were lost.

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