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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
STARK, Horace Garner, Tel, V6408, RCNVR, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of James S. and Laura B. Stark, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Bevis.
Telegraphist Stark 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.
Horace Garner Stark joined the RCNVR at Ottawa in September, 1939. He was born at Finch, Ontario, on March 19, 1920, and was lost on October 22, 1940 while on duty aboard HMCS MARGAREE when that vessel collided with another vessel M.V. Port Fairy in the North Atlantic Ocean. Telegraphist Stark was educated first at Finch Public School, and later Carleton Place Public and High School, obtaining his Honor Matriculation and later at the Canadian Electronics Institute. Immediately after his enlistment he was assigned to duty at an Eastern Canadian Port. He joined the HMCS FRASER, which was sunk in June, 1940, off the Bordeaux Coast of France, but luckily escaped. Telegraphist Stark was an accomplished pianist, and had played over the C.B.C. in naval Musicales from Halifax. He was unmarried and is survived by his parents at Carleton Place, where he formerly made his home.
Awards and decorations: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and the War Medal 1939-1945
Ships served in: OTTAWA DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted in the RCNVR 30 Sep 1939 * Commenced Active Service 30 Sep 1939 Ordinary Telegraphist, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Oct 1939 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 01 Dec 1939 * Rated Acting Telegraphist, RCNVR 01 Jan 1940 * Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 * Rated Telegraphist (T.O.), RCNVR 03 Sep 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940 * Commissioning crew
(HGT001) Article on Telegraphist Horace Stark surviving the sinking of HMCS FRASER // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me (HGT002) Service file for Horace Stark // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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