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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
HUNTER, Roy Scott, Ord. Tel., V61071, RCNVR - MPK 25 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Roy Hunter was the son of W. H. and Reta Hunter and elder brother of Orangeville Rotarian Keith Hunter. At the time, W. H. Hunter was Dufferin's long-time county clerk, and son Keith says it was during a county council meeting on Nov. 25, 1944, that his father received word of the sinking.
Ord. Tel. Hunter 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 YORK - Enlisted 15 May 1943. Commenced Active Service 28 May 1943 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 29 Jun 1943 HMCS ST HYACINTHE - Drafted to ST HYACINTHE 25 Aug 1943 * Rated Ordinary Telegraphist, RCNVR 25 Dec 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 26 May 1944 HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to SHAWINIGAN 09 Jun 1944
(RH01) Article from the Toronto Telegram Sep 1944 on Roy Hunter and his brother Bill Hunter, both on Active Service (RH02) Article from the Toronto Telegram Dec 1944 on Roy Hunter Missing at Sea (RH03) Documents from the Service File of Roy Hunter
Second World War Casualty Index
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