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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SCHREURS, Sandy Jacob, AB, H10693688, C.A.F. (Navy), died - 17 Feb 1994, HMCS SASKATCHEWAN - Son of Jacbus (Jake) Gerardus Schreurs and Joy Patricia Cunningham of Vernon, BC; husband of Jennifer Corby Walsh of Victoria, BC; brother of Carrilynn Jean Sauer (Nee Schreurs).
While on a routine training dive in Howe Sound with six other divers, their team encountered difficulties at depth and AB Sandy Schreurs and his dive partner A/SLt Schiele, died. AB Schreurs was buried with full Military honours in Victoria, BC, on 25 Feb 1994.
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(TC01-TC02) Article from the Victoria Times Colonist 19 Feb 1994 on missing divers A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs (TC03) Article on the finding of the bodies of A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs Researched by Steve Hutchings
(VS01) Article from the Vancouver Sun 19 Feb 1994 on missing divers A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs (VS02) Article from the Vancouver Sun 21 Feb 1994 on Naval Inquiry into the deaths of A/SLt Shiele and AB Schreurs Researched by Steve Hutchings
In Service of Canada - RCN Peacetime Casualty Index
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