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Dobbyn, Matthew If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Stoker (1st Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-7057; 2138155 (Canadian Army);

 

Birth	06/05/1894	Death	30/10/1918
Place	South Shields	Place	(At sea)
Area	Durham	Area
Country	UK	Country	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Biography
His next-of-kin, was his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Dobbyn, South Wellington P.O. B.C. He came to Canada on the S.S. Teutonic, arriving on March 12, 1912 in Halifax, NS. He was a miner before his army service.

 

Military Service
He served as a Private (B.C. Regiment) in the 2nd Depot Battalion. (Transferred to RNCVR 19/09/1918). He was appointed as a Stoker RNCVR. He served in HMCS Galiano 1918. (He was lost in HMCS Galiano in a storm off Vancouver Island BC October 30, 1918).

 

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References
http://www.oocities.com/gjesperson/galiano2.html; Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021822/matthew-dobbyn/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2018-12-02 00:00:00

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