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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 - Drafted to COMOX 20 Oct 1939 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 11 Mar 1940 HMCS HARO - Drafted to HARO 15 Apr 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 14 Mar 1941 NSHQ OTTAWA - Drafted to NSHQ 19 Mar 1941 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 16 Apr 1941 HMCS ROYAL ROADS - Drafted to ROYAL ROADS 10 May 1941 HMCS WASAGA - Drafted to WASAGA 29 Jun 1941 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 20 Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 24 Aug 1941 HMCS BURLINGTON - Drafted to BURLINGTON * Rated Leading Steward, RCN 01 Dec 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 Dec 1941 HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Drafted to ANNAPOLIS HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Jun 1942 HMCS FORT RAMSAY - Drafted to FORT RAMSAY 19 Jun 1942 * Disrated to Steward, RCN 18 Jan 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Mar 1943 HMCS GIVENCHY (for ship 379) - 25 Mar 1943 HMCS CHIGNECTO - Drafted to CHIGNECTO HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 28 Aug 1943 HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY for C.N. 379 (HMCS ST CATHARINES) 31 Jul 1943 HMCS ST CATHARINES - Drafted to ST CATHARINES 01 Aug 1943 HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 29 Aug 1943 HMCS PRINCE RUPERT - Drafted to PRINCE RUPERT 28 Sep 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Nov 1943 HMCS INGONISH - Drafted to INGONISH 10 Nov 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Nov 1943 * Rated Leading Steward, RCN 01 Jul 1944 HMCS HOCHELAGA II - Drafted to HOCHELAGA II 09 May 1944 HMCS STE THERESE - Drafted to STE THERESE 28 May 1944 * Reverted to Steward, RCN 18 Nov 1944 HMS FERRET (Royal Navy Shore Base, Londonderry) - Drafted to FERRET 19 Nov 1944 HMCS ST LAMBERT - Drafted to ST LAMBERT 25 Nov 1944 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON (undated) HMCS SEA CLIFF - Drafted to SEA CLIFF 02 Feb 1945 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 27 Apr 1945 HMCS LONGUEUIL - Drafted to LONGUEUIL 05 May 1945 * Rated Leading Steward, RCN 19 May 1945 HMCS UGANDA - Drafted to UGANDA 22 Oct 1945
(GS01) Article on the death of Leading Steward George Stuart // The Saskatoon StarPhoenix 29 Jul 1946 (GS02) Graveyard where L/Stwd Stuart is buried (GS03) Article - Sailors from HMCS QUEBEC pay their respects at the grave of L/Stwd Stuart during a port visit in 1955 (GS04) Documents from the Service File of George Stuart
Second World War Casualty Index
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