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Vial l,Nl.()()(IHRONI(IlJ-T - Wednesday. litrte l 1, JUN - :i The ultimate sacrifice . . . . . Waterloo man recognized for his book detailing Canada’s 2,143 naval deaths during Second World War Bvlmislautson His father, Petty, also served aboard three K.’ . . . ‘ ____” (Ihrvnu‘k'Sm/I a,*,a ships between 1941 and 1947 - the HMCS - \ '6 , ~ Prince Rupert, the HMCS Ville de Quebec {y y antes Herbert Westcott was Just 29 years and the HMCS Ungava. a minesweeper. ' ”Q - «a ’ V old when he died of heart failure while Researching the names was difficult, '“A, ' serving aboard the I1M(§S Fraser on given the fact sailors weren’t typically I a . it 1 ' ‘ ov. 6. 1939. Eight years later. skipper attached toaship in the same wayasoldier (‘ii ' ' ,« ’ ' (ieorge Anthony Lund, 36, died of kidney belonged to a regiment or a pilot to a flight , rnflariiitiationori()r‘t.23. 194T squadron v sailors frequently moved . lhe names of these two men may not around to wherever theywere needed. ~ W m ' ttieari much to tiiost (ariadiaiis, but they're D'Aoust accessed wartime records at the r.“ the first and last of the 2.143 names high (LoriimonWealth War Graves Commission. lighted by lot‘al historian Rohen D'Aoust tn the National Archives and the Department his three volume hook Ultimate Stit’rtfit‘tt lt of National Defence. and spent nearly three details where. when and how the thousands years sifting through individual newspapers ,\ ‘ of (.aitadtaii sailors died while serving their on tiiit‘rofilm at the University ofWaterloo to _ ,‘ rounrn during the \r-rorid World War find the stories and photos of sailors front ” A I ll itit hides more than 2.001) pages along Halifax ltiVictoria. he said. , w" ‘ with details of where and when the sailors “ Hie University ofWaterloo was extreme “a were horn. 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