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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BEAUCAMP, Gerald Joseph Constantine, AB, 2807, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of James E. and Cora Constance Beaucamp, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Able Seaman Beaucamp 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.
Able Seaman Gerald Joseph C. Beaucamp, age 21, of 2150 Oxford Street, was rescued from the English Channel waters when H.M.C.S. Fraser went down. He was born in Ponteix, Saskatchewan and attended Britannia High School in Vancouver. He was a Vancouver Sun carrier, and joined the Navy in January 05, 1937, Esquimalt, BC. He was a torpedo man. His brother is a Sun carrier.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 05 Jan 1937 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 01 May 1937 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to Fraser 09 Aug 1937 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 31 Jul 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 03 Sep 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 19 Nov 1938. Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940. HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940
Service file for Gerald Beaucamp Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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