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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
YOUNG, Alfred, AB LR III, 3007, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of George Chesley Young and Jessie C. Young, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Able Seaman Alfred Young of Regina was the son of George Chesley and Jessie C. Young, attended Scott collegiate and was a student when he enlisted on July 12, 1937 as a boy seaman at Esquimalt, British Columbia. He survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER.
Able Seaman Young died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was lost in a collision with the freighter Port Fairy on 22 Oct 1940 while escorting convoy OL.8. 143 of her ship's company were lost, 86 of them survivors of HMCS FRASER.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 12 Jul 1937 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 31 Mar 1938 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 22 Apr 1938 * Rated Able Seaman, RCN 31 Mar 1939 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 23 Jun 1939 HMS EXCELLENT - Drafted to EXCELLENT 30 Jun 1939 * Rated Layer Rating 3rd Class, RCN 26 Sep 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 13 Oct 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 18 Oct 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 23 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Alfred Young Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
HMCS NADEN 1938-1939 Rugby Team Article from an unknown issue of the Crowsnest Magazine
Second World War Casualty Index
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