They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Cyril Baillie Moffat

 

Able Seaman Layer Rating 3rd Class, V24489, RCNVR

 

Born: 01 Apr 1918, Godalming, England

 

Died: 21 Aug 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

MOFFAT, Cyril Baillie, AB LR III, V24489, RCNVR, MPK - 21 Aug 1944, HMCS ALBERNI - Son of David and Emmilene Elson Moffat, of Winnipeg, Manitoba; husband of Erica Hagen Moffat, of Winnipeg.

 

AB MOFFAT died when his ship, HMCS ALBERNI, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 21 Aug 1944 by U-480, southeast of the Isle of Wight. Fifty-nine of her ship's company lost their lives.  Moffat Peninsula on Pritchard Lake was named after him in 1995.

 

Ships served in:

WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 14 Apr 1941. Commenced Active Service 12 Jun 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 13 Oct 1941

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 09 Dec 1941

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Dec 1941

* Rated Anti-Aircraft Layer Gunner 14 Mar 1942

HMCS PRINCE ROBERT - Drafted to PRINCE ROBERT 07 Apr 1942

* Rated Acting Able Seaman, RCNVR 12 Jun 1942

* Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 06 Aug 1942

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 20 Nov 1942

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 15 Feb 1943 

* Rated Layer Rating 3rd Class 29 Jan 1943

HMCS OUTARDE - Drafted to OUTARDE 16 Mar 1943

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 29 Apr 1943

HMCS GIVENCHY  Drafted to GIVENCHY 10 Jun 1943

HMCS DAWSON - Drafted to DAWSON 17 Jun 1943

HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 01 Oct 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 06 Nov 1943

HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 07 Dec 1943

 

 

Documents from the Service File of Cyril Moffat

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

HOME PAGE     SHIP INDEX      CONTACT