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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
REEVES, Alfred James, Ship's Cook 1c, VR199, RNCVR, MPK - 30 Oct 1918, HMCS GALIANO
On 29 Oct 1918 the GALIANO was sent with supplies to the light house at Triangle Island off Cape Scott at the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. A number of her regular crew were unable to make the trip due to illness as the 1918 flu pandemic had reached her base at Esquimalt. She set out towards the Queen Charlotte Islands from Triangle Island at 5 pm on Oct 29th. When she made her only distress call at 3 am the next morning, she was estimated to be within visual range of the light at Cape St. James 95 miles from Triangle Island. She was never heard from again and went down with the loss of all hands.
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From the The Daily Colonist, Nov. 3, 1918
When Mr. James Reeves, cook on the GALIANO, left his wife to join the ship for her last trip he said: "This is going to be an awful trip; but don't worry. We'll all come home."
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