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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
STUART, George Eaton L/Stwd, 40618, RCN died - 11 Apr 1946, HMCS UGANDA - Son of George Stuart and Mrs. C.M. Kemp; husband of Dorothy Stuart of Winnipeg, Manitoba. (note: parents were divorced and L/Stwd's mother had re-married.)
Leading Steward George Eaton Stuart died from a severe electrical shock. A Naval Board of Inquiry was held to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident. The death was caused by cardiac (heart) collapse presumably brought on by a freak electric shock when Steward George Eaton Stuart was testing an electric iron with his hand. He is buried in the Gamboa British Cemetery, Brazil.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Steward, RCN HMCS COMOX - Served in COMOX 20 Oct 1939 - 10 Mar 1940 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS HARO - Served in HARO 15 Apr 1940 - 13 Mar 1941 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS WASAGA - Served in WASAGA 29 Jun 1941 - 19 Aug 1941 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS BURLINGTON - Served in BURLINGTON 03 Sep 1941 - 25 Dec 1941 as a Stwd and L/Stwd, RCN. Rated L/Stwd 01 Dec 1941 HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Served in ANNAPOLIS 02 Apr 1942 - 10 Jun 1942 as a L/Stwd, RCN HMCS GIVENCHY (for ship 379) - 25 Mar 1943 - 28 Apr 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS CHIGNECTO - Served in CHIGNECTO 29 Apr 1943 - 30 Apr 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS GIVENCHY - Served in GIVENCHY 28 Aug 1943 - 1 May 1943 - 30 Jun 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS ST CATHARINES - Served in ST CATHARINES 01 Aug 1943 - 27 Aug 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS GIVENCHY - Served in GIVENCHY 29 Aug 1943 - 27 Sep 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS PRINCE RUPERT - Served in PRINCE RUPERT 28 Sep 1943 - 03 Nov 1943 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS INGONISH - Served in INGONISH 10 Nov 1943 - 09 May 1944 as a Stwd and L/Stwd, RCN. Rated L/Stwd 01 Jul 1944 HMCS STE THERESE - Served in STE THERESE 28 May 1944 - 18 Nov 1944 as a L/Stwd and Stwd, RCN. HMS FERRET (Royal Navy Shore Base, Londonderry) - Served in FERRET 19 Nov 1944 - 24 Nov 1944 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS ST LAMBERT - Served in ST LAMBERT 25 Nov 1944 - 01 Feb 1945 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS SEA CLIFF - Served in SEA CLIFF 02 Feb 1945 - 26 Apr 1945 as a Stwd, RCN HMCS LONGUEUIL - Served in LONGUEUIL 05 May 1945 - 21 Oct 1945 as a Stwd and L/Stwd, RCN. Rated L/Stwd 19 May 1945 HMCS UGANDA - Drafted to UGANDA 22 Oct 1945 as a L/Stwd, RCN
(GS01-GS02) Record of Service (GS03-GS05) Telegram and letters to L/Stwd Stuart's widow
(GS06) Graveyard where L/Stwd Stuart is buried (GS06) Letter from CO of HMCS ONTARIO to FOPC informing him that L/Stwd Stuart's grave has no headstone - dated 1952 (GS08) Sailors from HMCS QUEBEC pay their respects at the grave of L/Stwd Stuart during a port visit in 1955
Second World War Casualty Index
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