Pilot Officer Maxwell MacLean Stewart

1906 - 1942  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Maxwell MacLean Stewart
  Title	Pilot Officer
  Born	Jan 1906	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Chilliwack, B.C.   [1]
  Residence	6 Jul 1906	Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1911	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	2220 45th Ave W, Municipality Point Grey, Vancouver South, British Columbia, Canada   [4]
  Died	12 Jan 1942	at sea
  Buried	Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I17827	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander MacLean Stewart,   b. 18 Jul 1870, Aberfoyle, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Nov 1945, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Edith Ann Lyon,   b. 29 Jan 1876, Richmond, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Dec 1922, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	8 Sep 1903	Lanark, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F4070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maxwell served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was lost at sea while being transported to England when his boat was sunk by a German U-Boat. Prior to serving in the RCAF he was a high school teacher in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Obit: Pilot Officer Maxwell MacLean Stewart January 12, 1 942 Loss of S.S. Yngaren, Royal Canadian Air Force Service Number C/8536 Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario. Age 35 Son of Mr. A.M. Stewart, Grimsby, Ontario Max Stewart was one of the most popular teachers at Chilliwack Junior Senior High School. Stewart was held in high regard at the University of British Columbia, where he starred in rugby and track and was the president of the men's athletic association in his senior year. While at the University of British Columbia, Max Stewart joined the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He came to Chilliwack as a teacher in 1934 and enlisted in the R.C.A.F. with two other teachers, Neill MacGregor and Allan Kirkby. At the time of his departure, Max received tremendous applause from several hundred pupils and friends. Max lost his life, January 12, 1942 when crossing the Atlantic, aboard S.S. Yngaren, in transit from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the United Kingdom. The Yngaren was part of a convoy HX. 168 that left Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 2, 1942 and fell victim to the German U-43 commanded by Wolfgang Lüth. Identified as a straggler, the Swedish steamship Yngaren weighed 5,246 tons and was sunk by torpedo 600 miles west of Ireland. Six passengers were killed. Wolfgang Lüth sunk 46 merchant vessels, 1 warship and damaged two others during the war and was decorated with the Knight?s Cross with oakleaves. He was accidentally shot and killed by a sentry May 13, 1945. Max Stewart is commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ontario. He was the son of Mr. A.M. Stewart of Grimsby, Ontario.

  
  

• Sources

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