Name: Ernest Marshall Rank: Petty Officer Steward Service Number: V/25258 Service: HMCS Cornwallis, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Date of Birth: March 28, 1906 Place of Birth: Sunderland (formerly in County Durham), Tyne & Wear, England Date of Enlistment: February 26, 1940 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scoti Address at Enlistment: Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age of Enlistment: 33 Height: 5 feet, 5 ½ inches Complexion: Ruddy Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Dark Occupation: Butler and head waiter Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Church of England Next of Kin: Mrs. Ella M. Marshall (Mother), at enlistment Date of Death: June 5, 1943 Age: 37 Cemetery: Fairview United Church Cemetery, Digby, Nova Scotia Grave: Lot 11 Commemorated on Page 187 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 17 Ernest Marshall was the son of Ernest Marshall (1879-1918) and Ella Mary (Harrison) Marshall (1878- 1972), of Digby County, the brother of Harold Gordon Marshall (1909-1994) and Lynn Marshall (b. circa 1910), and the husband of Lillian Evangeline (Whitenect) Marshall (1911), of Saint John, New Brunswick. He married Lillian Whitenect in St. John, New Brunswick on March 16, 1942. In 1943, his brother Harold was living in Digby and his brother Lynn was living in Yarmouth, NS. Prior to returning to Digby and enlistment, Ernest had lived in New York and worked as a butler for Albert Stern, a broker, in New York City for 7 years. Ernest was a butler and head waiter by trade and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on February 26, 1940, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served on the HMCS Saguenay and served 18 months overseas. He was injured and then served 10 months on shore duty in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He died of drowning while on a fishing trip with friends on Sandy Bottom Lake in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, whilst serving in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave