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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HARVEY, William James, AB.SD, 3021, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of William Harvey, and of Jennie Harvey, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Able Seaman Harvey 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.
Formerly of Vancouver, B.C., was reported on 26 Oct 1940, as "Missing, believed killed." He was born in Calgary, Alta., on 28 Nov 1918, and attended Tecumseh School, and the Technical High School at Vancouver, B.C., He joined the Navy on 20 Jul 1937, at Esquimalt, B.C. First he served on HMCS Fraser in Jun 1939, and then went to England, where he completed a course in Submarine Detection, returning to Canada on HMCS Assiniboine. Later he joined HMCS Restigouche, on which he served for several months. In March, 1940, he left for England on the Fraser, and escaped uninjured when this ship was lost. AB Harvey was unmarried and is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jennie Harvey of Victoria. He was on HMCS Margaree when the ship was lost in a collision on October 22nd, 1940.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 19 Jul 1937 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 22 Apr 1938 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 18 Oct 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 13 Oct 1939 HMS OSPREY - Drafted to OSPREY 23 Jun 1939 * Rated Submarine Detector, RCN 11 Oct 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 13 Oct 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Nov 1939 HMCS RESTIGOUCHE - Drafted to RESTIGOUCHE 10 Dec 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 21 Mar 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(WJH001) Article on the death of William Harvey and Ackland H. Jones // The Hamilton Spectator // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (WJH002) The Service File for William Harvey // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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