Biographical Data
Hume, Arthur Edward If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Stoker (1st Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-5353

 

Birth	00/00/1897	Death	30/10/1918
Place	(nk)	Place	(At sea)
Area	(nk)	Area
Country	(nk)	Country	At Sea (off Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Military Service
He was appointed as a Stoker (1st Class) RNCVR 1917. 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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Anecdotes
His body was picked up at sea by the whaler Brown and brought to Vancouver BC by the Cheloshin. His body was sent to his family for burial in New Westminster BC.

 

References
Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/420654/arthur-hume/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2010-11-28 14:49:37

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