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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
BATE, George Douglas Stanley, Ship's Cook 3c, VR6117, RNCVR, MPK - 30 Oct 1918, HMCS GALIANO
On 29 Oct 1918 the GALIANO was sent with supplies to the light house at Triangle Island off Cape Scott at the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. A number of her regular crew were unable to make the trip due to illness as the 1918 flu pandemic had reached her base at Esquimalt. She set out towards the Queen Charlotte Islands from Triangle Island at 5 pm on Oct 29th. When she made her only distress call at 3 am the next morning, she was estimated to be within visual range of the light at Cape St. James 95 miles from Triangle Island. She was never heard from again and went down with the loss of all hands.
George Bate is listed on the Victoria Memorial in the Ross Bay Cemetery on Vancouver Island, BC
Ships served in:
The British Colonist 14 Nov 1918
George D S Bate, Cook, VR/6117, RCNVR HMCS GALIANO MPK - Wednesday, 30th October 1918 Source: George Douglas Stanley Bate and the Lost Ship, the GALIANO Courtesy of Gayle Jesperson
Newspaper article on Doug Bate and Arthur Hume Source: George Douglas Stanley Bate and the Lost Ship, the GALIANO Courtesy of Gayle Jesperson
First World War Casualty Index - RCN
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