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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
AMYES, Alfred William Bratton, EA 4c, 21606, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Alfred and Ellen Aymes, of Victoria, BC. Husband of Margaret M. Amyes, of Victoria.
Electrical Artificer Amyes died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, collided with 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.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 16 Jun 1939 as an Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 18 Jan 1940 HMS VERNON (Royal Navy base at Portsmouth, UK) - Drafted to VERNON 19 Jan 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940
Service file for Alfred Amyes Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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