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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MOORE, Arthur James, Yeoman of Signals, 2258, RCN, MPK - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of Hedley Sheperd Moore Canal Flats, BC and Agnes E. Moore, of Kimberley, British Columbia; husband of Rusha Georgia Moore, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Yeoman Moore died when his ship, HMCS FRASER, was in a collision with HMS CALCUTTA 12 miles due west of Pointe de la Coubre light at the Gironde River mouth and sank as a result with the loss of 65 of her crew.
Arthur lived in Camrose, Alberta until he was 16, when he joined the navy at Esquimalt. His mother Mrs. H. S. Moore, and a brother, Ralph, are in Kimbeley, BC, while his father and four brothers are in Canal Flats, B.C. Mrs. A. G. Nelson of Kimberley, B.C. and Mrs. James Annoslry of Camrose, are sisters. His wife formerly Rue MacDonald of Victoria, resides at Esquimalt.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 13 Aug 1928 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Leading Boy, RCN 15 Aug 1929 * Rated Petty Officer Boy, RCN 24 Oct 1929 * Rated Ordinary Seaman 20 Dec 1929 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 01 Jan 1930 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Aug 1930 * Rated Ordinary Signalman, RCN 05 Jun 1931 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 20 Jun 1931 HMS WARSPITE - Drafted to WARSPITE 03 Sep 1931 * Rated Signalman, RCN 01 Oct 1931 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 27 Aug 1932 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 31 Aug 1932 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 01 Jan 1933 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 03 May 1933 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 03 Jan 1934 * Rated Acting Leading Signalman, RCN 01 Oct 1934 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 29 May 1935 * Rated Leading Signalman, RCN 01 Oct 1935 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 12 Jun 1936 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 15 Aug 1936 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 13 Jan 1937 * Rated Acting Yeoman of Signals, RCN 01 Sep 1937 HMCS ST LAURENT - Drafted to ST LAURENT 21 Apr 1938 * Rated Yeoman of Signals, RCN 01 Sep 1938 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 09 Nov 1938
Documents from the Service File of Arthur Moore
Article from the Winnipeg Evening Tribune Courtesy of Operation Picture Me
Second World War Casualty Index
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