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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
CHEDISTER, Ward Donald, LS, 2661, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Willard Fillmore Chedister and Edna Ethelda Chedister, of Cadillac, Saskatchewan.
Leading Seaman Chedister died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
Leading Seaman Ward Donald Chedister was born in Cadillac, Saskatchewan. His parents Willard Fillmore and Edna Ethelda Chedister came from Michigan to homestead in the Driscoll Lake district in 1911. Three years later Willard was appointed as secretary of the Rural municipality of Wise Creek and served in that capacity until his death in 1948. Ward enlisted in the Navy on March 12, 1934 at Esquimalt, BC. His brother Willard Jr. also served in the Navy, but was invalided home and spent three years at Fort San before recovering from tuberculosis. (Source: Ultimate Sacrifice by Robert D'Aoust)
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 12 Mar 1934 as a Boy Seaman, RCN * Rated Ordinary Seaman, RCN 12 Aug 1934 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 03 Jan 1935 * Rated Able Seaman 12 Nov 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Nov 1936 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 22 Jan 1937 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 15 Jun 1937 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 15 Apr 1938 HMCS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 06 May 1938 HMS VERNON - Drafted to VERNON 04 Jun 1938 * Rated Leading Seaman, RCN 15 Jun 1938 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 11 Nov 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 13 Nov 1938 HMCS RESTIGOUCHE - Drafted to RESTIGOUCHE 01 Dec 1938 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 19 Jun 1939 HMS VERNON - Drafted to VERNON 30 Jun 1939 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 13 Oct 1939 HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Drafted to ASSINIBOINE 18 Oct 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 23 Nov 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Ward Chedister Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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