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Arthur Haliburton King Ordinary Seaman V/452 HMCS Ottawa Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve June 28, 1924 Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia February 11, 1942 Halifax, Nova Scotia Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia 17 5 feet, 7 inches Fair Hazel Brown Single Student/Deck Hand Church of England Mrs. Mary King (Mother) Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia September 13, 1942 18 Halifax Memorial Panel 9 Commemorated on Page 87 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 25 Arthur Haliburton King was the only son of Claude Clarke King (1884 - 1930) and Mary Letitia (haliburton) King (1884 -1947) of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He was the brother of Elizabeth King and Marie Louise King (1919-2002) . Arthur was known as “Sunny” to his family because of his disposition and personality. He had a passion for the sea, with a dream of serving on a Destroyer. He left private school at age 16 to join the Merchant Navy, serving for a year as a deckhand/gunner on SS Cathcart in the Caribbean. He joined the RCNVR at age 17, and after time in Halifax and Sydney, was drafted onto HMCS Ottawa just after his 18th birthday, joining his ship in St. John’s, Newfoundland. HMCS Ottawa, escorting convoy ON-127, was torpedoed by U-91 between Newfoundland and Greenland. The crew consisted of 201 officers and men. 132 were lost and there were 69 survivors.