They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Hilbert Joseph Peart

 

Able Seaman, A927, RCNR

 

Born: 28 Feb 1916, Canso, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

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PEART, Hilbert Joseph, AB, A927, RCNR, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Roy and Elizabeth Peart, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Dorothy M. Peart, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

 

Able Seaman Peart died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 29 Apr 1944.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 17 Oct 1939 as an Able Seaman, RCNR

HMCS VIERNOE - Drafted to VIERNOE 20 Oct 1939

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jun 1940

HMCS PROTECTOR - Drafted to PROTECTOR 08 Aug 1940

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 25 Mar 1942

HMCS GRANDMERE - Drafted to GRANDMERE 11 Apr 1942

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 20 Mar 1943

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 21 Mar 1943

HMCS ATHABASKAN -Drafted to ATHABASKAN 14 Jul 1943

 

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(HP01) Article on Hilbert Peart missing when ATHABASKAN was sunk

(HP02) Documents from the Service File of Hilbert Peart

 


 

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