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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
FENERTY, Morris St George, Petty Officer Telegraphist, 2153, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Arthur Wellington Fenerty and Edith Fenerty, of St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia. Husband of Pearl May Fenerty, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Petty Officer Telegrahist Fenerty 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.
Petty Officer Telegraphist Morris George Fenerty, formerly of Halifax, NS, was born in this City on April 23, 1909. He was educated at the Bloomfield High School at Halifax, and later at Portsmouth, England. Petty Officer Fenerty had served in the Navy for some years, joining at Halifax in November, 1925. He was lost on HMCS Margaree, which was sunk during a collision on the night of October 22nd, 1940. On September 27th, 1929, he married Pearl May Dawe, by whom he is survived at Halifax, together with four children, Joan, Gordon, George and Jack.
Two of Morris' sons served in the RCN after WW2 - C1HT Gordon Arthur Fenerty and LS.SN John Wayne (Jack) Fenerty
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 28 Dec 1925 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Signal Boy, RCN 15 Jun 1926 HMS COLOMBO - Drafted to COLOMB 03 Jan 1927 * Rated Ordinary Signalman, RCN 23 Apr 1927 * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist, RCN 09 Dec 1927 * Rated Telegrahist, RCN 15 Aug 1928 HMCS CHAMPLAIN - Drafted to CHAMPLAIN 01 Oct 1928 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jul 1929 HMCS CHAMPLAIN - Drafted to CHAMPLAIN 01 Jan 1930 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 Apr 1930 HMCS FESTUBERT - Drafted to FESTUBERT - 01 Oct 1930 HMCS CHAMPLAIN - Drafted to CHAMPLAIN 08 Aug 1931 * Rated Acting Leading Telegraphist, RCN 16 Jan 1932 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Jul 1932 * Rated Leading Telegraphist, RCN 16 Jan 1933 SS EMPRESS OF BRITAIN - Booked for passage on 10 Jun 1933 from Quebec City to Southampton for L/Tel Re-qual course. HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 11 Jun 1933 HMS HOOD - Drafted to HOOD 31 Aug 1933 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 21 Apr 1934 W/T Station Ottawa - Drafted to the W/T Station Ottawa 27 Sep 1934 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jul 1936 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 10 Oct 1936 HMS PEMBROKE - Drafted to PEMBROKE 25 Jan 1937 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 17 Feb 1937 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Jun 1937 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 05 Oct 1938 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 May 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 04 Aug 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to Assiniboine 28 Oct 1939 * Rated Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist 01 Dec 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 02 Dec 1939 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 25 May 1930 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA (for MARGAREE) .... (no dated listed) HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to Margaree 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(MSGF001) Morris Fenerty - date unknown (MSGF002) Signalman Morris Fenerty on watch overlooking Halifax Harbour // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (MSGF003) Service file for Morris Fenerty // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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