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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
SMARDON, Walter Edwin, L/Tel, V23409, RCNVR, MPK - 18 Mar 1945, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Son of Walter Reginald and Dalsy Smardon, of Montreal, Quebec.
L/Tel Smardon 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.
Ships served in: MONTREAL DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 09 Dec 1940. Commenced Active Service 09 Dec 1940 as an OS, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 27 Dec 1940 as an OS, RCNVR * Rated O/Tel 08 Mar 1941 HMCS PICTOU - Drafted to PICTOU 14 May 1941 as an O/Tel, RCNVR * Rated Tel 08 Sep 1941 HMCS VENTURE - Drafted to VENTURE (as staff) 20 Feb 1942 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS NIAGARA - Drafted to NIAGARA 25 Feb 1942 as a Tel ,RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Jun 1942 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS BADDECK - Drafted to BADDECK 22 Jun 1942 as Tel, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Oct 1943 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 20 Oct 1943 as a Tel, RCNVR HMS DUNDONALD (Royal Navy Combined Operations Training Base) - Drafted to DUNDONALD 08 Nov 1943 as a Tel, RCNVR LCI(L) 177 - Drafted to LCI(L) 177 01 Dec 1943 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 01 Sep 1944 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA for passage from NIOBE 17 Dec 1944 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 01 Oct 1944 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 31 Oct 1944 as a Tel, RCNVR HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 19 Dec 1944 as a Tel, RCNVR * Rated A/L/Tel 01 Jan 1945 HMCS GUYSBOROUGH - Drafted to GUYSBOROUGH 06 Jan 1945 as an A/L/Tel, RCNVR
(WS01) Tel Walter Smardon (WS02) Documents from the Service File of Walter Smardon
Second World War Casualty Index
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