They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MacAVOY, Gerald William, PO Cook (O), 40500, RCN, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Frank and Mary MacAvoy, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Mary M. MacAvoy, of Halifax.
PO MacAvoy died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel.
Ships served in: HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 21 Sep 1937 as a Cook (O), RCN HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 17 Aug 1939 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 27 Oct 1939 * Rated Leading Cook (O) 15 Nov 1940 HMCS PRINCE DAVID - Drafted to PRINCE DAVID 17 Jun 1941 * Rated PO Cook (O) 01 Dec 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jul 1942 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 25 Jul 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Oct 1942 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE for Tribal II 28 Oct 1942 HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 04 Feb 1943
Documents from the Service File of Gerald MacAvoy
Second World War Casualty Index
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