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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SHINEWALD, Sydney James, Tel, V42020, RCNVR, MPK - 18 Mar 1945, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Son of Jean Shinewald, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Tel Shinewald died when his ship, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH, was torpedoed and sunk by U-868 in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of 53 of her crew.
Telegrapher Shinewald joined the navy in June, 1942 at the age of seventeen. He trained at H.M.C.S. Chippawa, Winnipeg, in Toronto and Ste. Hyacinthe. Later he was transferred to Halifax where he was posted to the corvette H.M.C.S. Ville de Québec doing convoy duties for six months. Subsequently, he was assigned to H.M.C.S. Guysborough, a Vancouver-built Bangor Class ship doing minesweeping and anti-submarine operations. This ship's complement proceeded to England where it trained in preparation for its D-Day operations off the Normandy coast. Telegrapher Shinewald celebrated his twentieth birthday home in Winnipeg while his ship was being refitted in Halifax. Born in Winnipeg on January 04, 1925, he was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Sault Shinewald of St. John's Block, 984 ½ Main Street. He received his education at Norquay, David Livingstone and Machray Junior High schools and the Jewish Workmen's Circle School. He was a member of the Y.M.H.A., the Y.M.C.A. and football and hockey teams which won city championships. Prior to enlistment Telegrapher Shinewald was employed successively by a wholesale dry goods firm, the Hudson Bay Company and a Manitoba shipping firm.
Ships served in: HMCS CHIPPAWA - Enlisted 07 Jul 1942. Commenced Active Service as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS YORK - Drafted to YORK 02 Feb 1943 HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 16 Apr 1943 * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist 15 May 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 22 Aug 1943 HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC - Drafted to VILLE DE QUEBEC 23 Oct 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 03 Feb 1944 HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Drafted to GUYSBOROUGH 10 Feb 1944 * Rated Telegraphist 29 Nov 1944
(SS01) Photo of Tel Shinewald from a newspaper article (SS02) Documents from the Service File of Sydney Shinewald. The Service File for Sydney Shinewald was photographed by Kim Kubeck, Canadian Sailors Virtual Cenotaph
Article from the Winnipeg Evening Tribune
Second World War Casualty Index
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