Maurice Daniel Onuski Aircraftman 2nd Class R/220368 Royal Canadian Air Force April 8, 1925 Coniston, Ontario May 10, 1943 North Bay, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario 18 5 feet, 8 1/2 inches Medium Brown Brown Single Miner (Fettler) Roman Catholic Bmyto Onuski (Father) Coniston, Ontario July 24, 1943 18 Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 5

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Maurice Daniel Onuski was the son of Dmytro Onuski (1890-1953), and Wasylena (Humen) Onuski. He was the brother of Helen, Elizabeth, Mary, and William. William served as a PIlot Officer with the RCAF in WWII. Maurice attended public school school in Kingston, Ontario from 1930 to 1936, two years at Separate School, Marmora, Ontario from 1936-1938) and obtained his Grade X education at St. Joseph's College, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. 1941. He was employed at Fine Foods, Tecumseh, Ontario, as a tank cooler in the summer of 1942, Ford Cleaners, Windsor, Ontario, as a presser for five months, and with International Nickel Co., Copper Cliff, Ontario, as a miner and fettlerfrom January 1943 until his enlistment with the RCAF on May 10, 1943 in North Bay, Ontario. He participated in hockey, rugby, tennis, football, table tennis, softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball and handball. From April to September, 1942 he served as a Private with the Essex Scottish Reserve in Windsor, Ontario. Maurice was assigned to No. 2 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoba on May 10, 1943, and to No. 3 Repair Depot, Vancouver, BC, on July 4, 1943, and was assigned to the BC Star on July 15, 1943. Maurice Daniel Onuski 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 Garnett Arthur Davies.

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

M427 RCAF B.C. Star ( RCAF Photo)