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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
AVEY, Sydney Charles, Sto 1c, V68471, RCNVR, MPK - 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Son of Harold W. and Winnifred A. Avey, of Brantford. Ontario.
Stoker Avey died when his ship, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, was torpedoed and sunk on 07 May 1944 by U-548. Of her crew of 163, there were only 38 survivors.
Stoker Sydney Charles Avey, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Avey, 158 Campbell Street, died on May 07, 1944, following the sinking of the Canadian Frigate Valleyfield, on convoy duty between Halifax and Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Born August 11, 1924, Sydney received his education at King George School and the Brantford Collegiate Institute. In 1941, he began a course of instruction as a machinist under the government training plan and served for six months at the Robbins and Myers Company of Canada, Ltd. Wishing to specialize in his trade, he took a further course in tool-making in Hamilton and upon its completion began working at the Cockshutt Plow Company, Ltd. He was employed in the tool-room there for seven months before he enlisted in the R.C.N.V.R. in September, 1943. After six weeks' training in Hamilton, he was moved to HMCS Cornwallis and then to Halifax. Stoker Avey served his King and country well. He was a member of Wellington Street United Church and an ardent leader of the Brantford Young People's Fellowship.
Ships served in: HMCS STAR - Enlisted 11 Aug 1943 * Commenced Active Service 01 Sep 1943 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 19 Oct 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 18 Dec 1943 HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Drafted to VALLEYFIELD 25 Dec 1943
(SA001) Portrait of Stoker Sydney Avey (SA002) Service File of Sydney Avey // Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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