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Note: Birth certificate:
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874
Certificate of Registry of Birth
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the birth of
Albert Edward Sayer
born on the 7th day of December, 1903, has been duly registered
by me at entry no. 104 (?) of my Register book No. 76
Witness my hand, this 12th day of January, 1904.
W. Cook (?) -Registrar of Births and Deaths
West Ham District , Plaistow sub-district
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Military campaigns:
- naval convoy escort duties in the North Atlantic
- minesweeper for D-Day landing
Date of discharge: August 1945
Medals awarded:
1939-45 Star
Atlantic Star (with France & Germany clasp)
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (with Overseas Bar)
War Medal 1939-45
He was part of the crew of H.M.C.S. Guysborough (a minesweeper), when it rescued a U.S. Navy sub-chaser (1945).
He was on board the H.M.C.S. Guysborough for the D-Day landing.
He was on shore in Nova Scotia studying for his Warrnt Officer exams when the Guysborough was sunk on March 17, 1945 by two torpedoes from a German U-boat while enroute between Horta and Plymouth, England. There were 51 deaths out of a ship's company of 90.
Returned to employment at the CNR. Was pipefitter, then foreman of Pieshop. Was Supervisor of Foremen on his retirement in 1964.
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Member of Vestry, St. George's Anglican Church, Transcona, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
President of ex-Chief's and PO's Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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