Biografie
Son of Sir Anthony De Freitas, O.B.E., Kt., and of Lady De Freitas (nee Short), of Barbados, West Indies; and husband of Olive De Freitas, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Militärdienst
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 26/01/1941).
He served in HMCS Vancouver (II) (In command) 1942.
He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1943).
He served in HMCS St. Croix 1943. (He was killed 20/09/1943 while serving in HMCS St. Croix. HMCS St. Croix was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland by U-305 while escorting convoy ON.202.)
Benannte Orte
DeFreitas Islets (BC)
Referenzen
- McKee, Fraser & Robert Darlington (1998)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- www.naval-history.net ↗
