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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
NEWTON, Roy Ernest, Boy Seaman, VR6187, 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.
Roy's brothers, Frederick Newton and William Newton, both served in the RNCVR during the First World War.
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Article on the three Newton brothers who served in the RCN, Petty Officer Frederick Newton, Able Seaman William Newton and Boy Roy Ernest Newton. Courtesy of Operation Picture Me
First World War Casualty Index - RCN
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