They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Arthur Douglas Snyder

 

Petty Officer, A1784, RCNR

 

Born: 26 Apr 1919, Halfway, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 24 Nov 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

SNYDER, Arthur Douglas, PO, A1784, RCNR, MPK - 24 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Son of George Christopher and Maude L. A. Snyder, of Halfway Cove, Nova Scotia; husband of Alberta Rose Snyder, of Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

PO Snyder died when HMCS SHAWINIGAN was sunk by U-1228 on 24 Nov 1944. Of her crew of 91, there were no survivors.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 27 May 1940 as an Able Seaman, RCNR

HMCS COMOX - Drafted to COMOX 06 Aug 1940

* Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCNR 01 Oct 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 29 May 1944

HMCS ORILLIA - Drafted to ORILLIA 13 Jun 1944

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Jun 1944

HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to SHAWINIGAN 23 Jun 1944

* Rated Acting Petty Officer, RCNR 01 Jul 1944

 

Documents from the Service File of Arthur Snyder

 


 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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