Surg-Lieut
Norman
Allen
Terwillegar
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Robert Terwillegar
Died
at age 28
in At Sea
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2018
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Biography
Military Service
- Norman enlisted in July, 1940 in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Surgeon-Lieutenant. In March, 1941, he volunteered for service in the British Navy. He served on various British ships, as well as being posted in hospitals in Tobruk, Libya and Alexandria, Egypt. He was serving on the HMS Abdiel when it sank after hitting a mine in the harbor of Taranto, Italy, September 10, 1943. He was one of the 48 crew who were killed when the ship sank.
Residence
- Date: 1916
- Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[1]
Death
- Date: 10 Sep 1943
- Place: At Sea[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5N-XDN : 11 March 2018), Norman Allen Terwillegar in household of Norman L Terwillegar, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 50, line 13; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,965.
- ↑ Norman's obituary
- ↑ FindAGrave.com; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56173420
- ↑ FindAGrave.com; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179058970
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Categories: Edmonton Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta | World War II, Terwilliger Veterans | Killed in Action, Canada, World War II | HMS Abdiel (M39), Royal Navy, World War II