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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FEAREY, Charles Edgar, OS, 3251, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Charles Edgar and Lillian Fearey, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Ordinary Seaman Fearey died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
Charles Fearey attended Scott Collegiate and was a student when he enlisted on October 03, 1938 as a boy seaman at Esquimalt, BC.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 03 Oct 1938 as a Boy Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 10 Jul 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Nov 1939 * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 09 Dec 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 25 Feb 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Charles Fearey Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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