They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

George Earl Jaynes

 

Stoker 1st Class 21786, RCN

 

Born: 21 Dec 1920, Govan, Saskatchewan

 

Died: 19 Sep 1941 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

JAYNES, George Earl, Sto 1c, 21786, RCN, MPK - 19 Sep 1941, HMCS LEVIS - Son of George Earl and Margaret Eliza Jaynes, of Ladner, British Columbia.

 

Stoker George Earl Jaynes Jr. of Langley Prairie, British Columbia. He was the son of George Earl and Margaret Eliza Jaynes who moved with their family from Kerrobert to the Big 4 farm near Flaxcombe in 1930, then on to Aldergrove in 1936. Earl was born at Govan, educated at Kerrobert and Flaxcombe and was farming when he enlisted on September 16, 1940 at Langley, British Columbia.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 16 Sep 1940 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 11 Feb 1941

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 24 Apr 1941

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 Apr 1941

HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 06 May 1941

HMCS LEVIS -  Drafted to LEVIS 17 May 1941

* Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 15 Sep 1941

 

GJ01

GJ02

 

 

(GJ01) Article on the death of Stoker George Jaynes  //  Courtesy of Operation Picture Me

(GJ02) Documents from the Service File of George Jaynes

 


 

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