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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
GARRETT, Dudley Morine, AB, V65928, RCNVR, killed - 24 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Son of Dudley and Audrey Garrett, of Toronto, Ontario.
AB Garrett died when HMCS SHAWINIGAN was sunk by U-1228 on 24 Nov 1944. Of her crew of 91, there were no survivors. His body was recovered and he was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario with full naval honours.
Newspaper clipping from the Toronto Star 01 Dec 1944 - On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1944, on active service, Sydney, NS., AB Dudley Morine Garrett, RCNVR, in his 21st year, dearly loved and only son of Dudley M. and Audrey Morine Garrrett, brother of Alison, grandson of Mrs. Morine and the late Horace Morine, grandson of the late Alexander N. Garrett and great-nephew of Sir Alfred Morine, Toronto. Funeral arriving at A.W. Miles Chapel, 30 St. Clair Ave w., Toronto, on Saturday evening. Service in the chapel on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Naval honors).
Newspaper clipping from the Toronto Star newspaper - One of those heart-searing official message, beginning "regret to inform" and ending, "killed in action," reached the parents of Dudley "Red" Garrett yesterday in Toronto. Only son of Dudley Garrett, Sr., Red joined the Canadian navy and had been on active service in the north Atlantic waters for some time. A natural athlete, who starred at high school football and hockey, young Garrett played professional hockey with Providence and with New York Rangers before he enlisted. Tall, powerfully built, red-headed and with a natural flair for the spectacular, his greatest disappointment came after a trial with the Toronto Leafs when was was coldly dropped from the roster overnight. Through the insistence of E.W. Bickle, Leafs' president, post-war rights to Garrett were given leafs by Rangers in exchange for Bucke McDonald's contract.
Sports Biography for Dudley Morine Garrett - Born in Toronto on 24 July 1924, Dudley “Red” Morine Garrett was an amateur hockey player. During the Second World War, he played with Toronto Shamrocks, the Toronto Marlboros, the Toronto Red Indians, and the American Hockey League’s Providence Reds. During the 1942-1943 season he played twenty- three games with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. While serving his country in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, he played hockey for the navy teams of Toronto, Sydney and Cornwallis. Able Seaman Dudley M. Garrett lost his life at sea in November 1944 off the Newfoundland coast when H.M.C.S. Shawinigan was torpedoed by the German submarine U-1228. His remains were recovered then buried in plot 10, lot 91 in Toronto Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In 1947, the American Hockey League commemorated Dudley Garrett by creating a trophy to be presented annually to the best rookie.
Ships served in: HMCS YORK - Enlisted 12 Jul 1943. Commenced Active Service as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 18 Jan 1944 HMCS CARIBOU - Served in CARIBOU 18-23 Mar 1944 for training while drafted to CORNWALLIS HMCS ST FRANCIS - Drafted to ST FRANCIS 22 Apr 1944 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 13 May 1944 * Rated Able Seaman, RCNVR 16 May 1944 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 07 Jun 1944 HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to SHAWINIGAN 11 Jun 1944
(DG01) News York Ranger's player Dudley Garrett (DG02) Article on the death of Dudley Garrett (DG03) Article on the death of Dudley Garrett - The Toronto Star Dec 1944 (DG04) Documents from the Service File of Dudley Garertt
Second World War Casualty Index
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