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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HEALE, Renfred Charles, AB, 2689, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Lionel and Ruth Heale, of Crabtree Mills, Quebec. Husband of Marlowe Florence Heale, of Portsmouth, England.
Able Seaman Heale 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.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 05 Jan 1935 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 04 Apr 1935 HMCS SAGUENAY - Drafted to SAGUENAY 04 Aug 1935 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN, RCN 04 Nov 1936 * Rated Seaman Torpedoman 14 Dec 1937 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 04 Jan 1938 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 21 Apr 1938 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 29 Nov 1938 HMCS GASPE - Drafted to GASPE 18 Mar 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 13 Nov 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 17 Nov 1939 HMS VERNON - Drafted to VERNON 13 Dec 1939 HMS PEMBROKE II - Drafted to PEMBROKE II 03 Aug 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940
Service file for Renfred Heale Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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