They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Arthur Neufeld

 

Stoker 1st Class, V78026, RCNVR

 

Born: 30 Oct 1934, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

 

Died: 18 Mar 1945 at sea

 

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NEUFELD, Arthur Sto 1c, V78026, RCNVR, MPK - 18 Mar 1945, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Son of Heinrich P. and Katharine Neufeld, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Stoker Neufelddied died when his ship, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH, was torpedoed and sunk by U-868 in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of 53 of her crew.

 

Stoker Arthur Neufeld of Vancouver, British Columbia, was the son of Heinrich P. and Katharine Neufeld, Heinrich was a Mennonite minister who moved his family from Herbert to Vancouver just before the war. Arthur was born at Swift Current and worked for a time as a miner at Kimberley and as a machinist at North Vancouver. He served six months in the Rocky Mountain Rangers before transferring to the Navy on January 24, 1944 at Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS DISCOVERY - Enlisted 24 Jan 1944. Commenced Active Service 24 Jan 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 24 Mar 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 May 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS SCOTIAN - Drafted to SCOTIAN 20 Jun 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 29 Dec 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Drafted to GUYSBOROUGH 31 Dec 1944 as a Sto 1c, RCNVR

 

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(AN01) Portrait of Stoker Arthur Neufeld

(AN02) Documents from the Service File of Arthur Neufeld

 


 

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