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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
DE FREITAS, Percival Francis Mayow, LCdr, RCNR, killed - 20 Sep 1943, HMCS ST CROIX - Son of Sir Anthony De Freitas, O.B.E., Kt., and of Lady De Freitas (nee Short), of Barbados, West Indies; husband of Olive De Freitas, of Victoria, BC.
LCdr De Freitas died when HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 by U-305. Of her crew of 149, there was only 1 survivor. HMCS ST CROIX was sunk on 20 Sep 1943 and the survivors were picked up by HMS ITCHEN K277 which was in turn sunk on 23 Sep 1943. Other than a couple crew members that were identified by the sole survivor of ST CROIX as having been on ITCHEN it is not known which crew members died in the sinking of ITCHEN so all ST CROIX crew are listed as having died on 20 Sep 1943. Ships served in: * Served in the RNVR 1917 - 1919 as a Midshipman HMCS NADEN - Enrolled in the RCNR 26 Jan 1941 as a Lieutenant, RCNR HMCS NADEN - Appointed to NADEN 26 Jan 1941 Add'l for Training and Disposal HMCS GIVENCHY - Appointed to GIVENCHY 28 Apr 1941 Add'l for Disposal HMCS VANCOUVER - Appointed to VANCOUVER 03 Mar 1942 * Re-appointed to VANCOUVER 20 Mar 1942 as Commanding Officer HMCS GIVENCHY - Appointed to GIVENCHY 08 Jun 1943 Add'l for Disposal HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 30 Jun 1943 Add'l for Disposal * Promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Commander, RCNR 12 Jul 1943 * Re-Appointed to STADACONA 01 Jul 1943 Add'l for Disposal HMCS ST CROIX - Appointed to St Croix 02 Jul 1943 Add'l
Service file for Percival De Freitas Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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