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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
GRAY, Harold Frederick, Sto 1c, V248, RCNVR, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Frederick Louis Gray, and of Margaret Gray, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Stoker Gray 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 07 June 1938 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Served in STADACONA (McNab) for training 03-05 Sep 1938 HMCS STADACONA - Served in STADACONA for training 13-30 Aug 1939 * Commenced Active Service 01 Sep 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Sep 1939 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 24 Nov 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 21 May 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 14 Aug 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Harold Gray Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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