Garnett Arthur Davies Aircraftman Second Class R/255739 Marine Section, Royal Canadian Air Force November 20, 1925 Vancouver, British Columbia May 24, 1943 No. 1 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Vancouver, BC Vancouver, British Columbia 17 5 feet, 7¾ inches Medium Brown Brown Single Seaman Presbyterian Hannah Davies (Mother) July 24, 1943 17 Ottawa Memorial, Ontario Panel 2, Colum 5

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial The Story of RCAF vessel M427, the BC Star

Garnett Arthur Davies was the son of Arthur Davies (b. 1887) and Hannah (Rees) Davies (b. 1888), of Vancouver, British Columbia. He was the brother of Wilfred Rees Davies, Dufferin Owen Davies, Thomas Glynn Davies, Phyllis Mary (Davies) Masters, and Betty Margaret Davies. Both of Garnett’s parents were born in Wales, and his father worked as a baker in Vancouver. Two of his brothers, Flight Officer Wilfred Rees Davies, and Flight Officer Dufferin Owen Davies, served in the RCAF and his third brother, Gunner Thomas Glynn Davies served in the Royal Canadian Artillery, but was discharged during WWII. Garnet enjoyed rugby and bowling and served with the Seaforth Cadets in Vancouver in 1940-41. After schooling, he was employed as a seaman with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1942-43. It was a noted upon enlistment in May of 1943 that he was keen and intelligent, and that he would make a good [trainee] for the RCAF’s Marine Section. Garnett Arthur Davies was one of the 10 crew of the RCAF vessel M427 known as the BC Star which was lost on July 24, 1943, off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia. The vessel and its crew were engaged in the coastal supply of the RCAF, their job being to supply all the Air Force stations along the British Columbian coast. There were two other 18-year-old casualties of the BC Star, Gilbert Campbell McFadyen and Maurice Daniel Onuski.

M427 RCAF B.C. Star ( RCAF Photo)