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Bailey,
John Harvard
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?
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T/Lt.
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29.12.1942 [0-3600]
(reld < 04.1946)
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05.02.1944
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-
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(06.1944)
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Third
Officer, HMC ML 112
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16.09.1944
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-
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(07.1945)
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Commanding Officer,
HMC ML 097
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Baillie,
James Wilton
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?
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T/Lt.
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30.12.1941 [0-3650]
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Baker,
Graham McNaughton
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1917 ?
-
28.03.1942
[age 25]
St. Nazaire
[Halifax Memorial]
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T/S.Lt.
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18.03.1940
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T/Lt.
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18.03.1941
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MID
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21.05.1942
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St. Nazaire
raid 28.03.42 *
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* "For great bravery
and unshaken devotion to duty in control of a gun in his motor launch,
and afterward in trying to take a rope onto a jetty heavily enfiladed by
intense enemy fire (during an attack on St. Nazaire)."
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?
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-
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28.03.1942
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Commanding Officer,
ML 447
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Baldwin,
Patrick Alexander G.B.
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?
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T/Lt.
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22.12.1942 [0-3980]
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(06.1944)
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Commanding Officer,
HM MTB 431
(motor torpedo boat)
(RN)
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Balfour,
Harold Wilson
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?
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Cdr.
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01.07.1943 [0-4000]
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A/Capt.
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01.12.1944
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OBE
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?
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?
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VD
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?
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?
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01.12.1944
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-
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(05.1945)
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Commanding Officer,
Royal
Canadian Naval Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]
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Bampton,
George Edwin
"Joe"
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?
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T/Lt.
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09.11.1943 [0-4150]
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served MTBs
(RN)
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(05.1945)
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HMCS
Stadacona
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Barlow,
Clement Vernon
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?
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T/Lt.
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09.11.1943 [0-4500]
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25.02.1945
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-
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(07.1945)
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Commanding Officer,
HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat)
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Beament,
Thomas Harold
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23.07.1898
Ottawa, Ont.
-
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T/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
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02.08.1936 [0-5090]
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A/Cdr.
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01.07.1943
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VD
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?
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?
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(05.1944?)
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-
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(05.1945)
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Policy and
Plans Section, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
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Beeman,
John Henault
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?
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T/Lt.
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09.11.1943 [0-5390]
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served MTBs
(RN)
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Commanding Officer,
HM ML 65 (motor launch)
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(05.1945)
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Canadian
Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
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Bell,
Ian Hunter
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1918
-
[2001/2002?] |
T/A/S.Lt.
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28.04.1939 [0-5620]
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T/A/Lt.
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28.04.1940
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T/Lt.
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28.04.1941
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T/A/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1944
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T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1945 (reld
03.10.1945)
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MID
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08.06.1944
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HM's
birthday 44
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specialized
in Navigation
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31.08.1939
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-
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HMCS Nootka
(minesweeper)
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20.09.1940
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-
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23.09.1941
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on delivery
team of USS McCook (destroyer), renamed HMCS St. Croix (destroyer)
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24.09.1941
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-
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05.01.1942
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Commanding Officer, HMCS St.
Croix (destroyer)
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19.04.1942
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-
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27.09.1942
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Commanding Officer, HMCS
Swift Current (minesweeper)
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30.09.1942
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-
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11.10.1942
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Commanding Officer, HMCS
Ville de Quebec (corvette)
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12.10.1942
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-
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21.08.1944
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Commanding Officer, HMCS
Alberni (corvette) (sunk)
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19.03.1945
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-
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(05.1945)
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HMCS St.
Hyacinthe (RCN Signal School)
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(07.1945)
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no posting
listed
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Bell-Irving,
Henry
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?
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T/Lt.Cdr.
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11.09.1939 [0-5760]
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T/A/Cdr.
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?
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DSC
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?
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?
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16.11.1944
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-
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(07.1945)
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HMS
Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (miscellaneous duties)
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served MTBs ?
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Bell-Irving,
Richard Morris
Son of Richard and Kathleen H. Bell-Irving, of
Vancouver, British Columbia; husband of Sally May Bell-Irving, of Vancouver.
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?
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18.03.1945
(KIA)
[Halifax Memorial, panel 13] |
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?
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-
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18.03.1945
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HMCS
Guysborough
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Bennet,
John Archibald
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?
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Berkeley,
Henry Robert
Anthony Cheyne
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1923 ?
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16.03.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[Coxyde Military Cemetery,
Belgium] |
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-
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16.03.1944
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HM MTB 417
(motor torpedo boat)
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Berlin,
...
[Berlin,
Abraham David
?] |
?
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[T/Electrical Lt. (01.05.1944)
?] |
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Bernard,
George Clarence
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?
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| T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1943
[0-6090] |
| A/Cdr.
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01.01.1945 |
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| 15.03.1943 |
-
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(05.1945)
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Commanding Officer,
HMCS
Fort Ramsay (depot ship, Gaspe, Que.) & Naval Officer-in-Charge and
Commander Superintendent, Gaspe
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Bishop,
Lennox Craig
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?
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T/Lt.
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31.12.1941 [0-6650]
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DSC
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14.11.1944
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Op. Neptune,
Normandy 06.44 *
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DSC
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26.12.1944
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Op. Neptune,
Normandy 07.44 **
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* "For courage,
leadership and determination in close action with the enemy while serving
in Light Coastal Craft."
** "For
gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the
landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy."
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served on HMS Castleton
(American lend/lease Destroyer) and then to St. Christopher's for MTB training
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26.03.1944
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-
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24.02.1945
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Commanding Officer,
HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat)
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25.02.1945
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-
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06.03.1945
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HMCS Niobe (D/S) for MTB
Flotilla
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07.03.1945
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-
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09.04.1945
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Commanding Officer,
HM MTB 464 (motor torpedo boat)
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04.06.1945
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-
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(06.1945)
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HMCS
Stadacona (depot ship, Halifax, NS) (for disposal under training)
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09.11.1945
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-
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demobilized
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Blandy,
Walter Stairs
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?
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| T/Lt.
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01.08.1944 [0-7170] |
| Lt.
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01.02.1945 |
| Cdr. RCN
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1950s |
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| 21.11.1944 |
-
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(05.1945)
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MTB
Flotilla, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]
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| 28.08.1945 |
-
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(04.1946)
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HMCS Glace
Bay
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transferred
to RCN
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Commanding Officer,
HMCS Beacon Hill
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Bogue,
Jackson de la Cour
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?
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| T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1943
[0-7390] |
| T/A/Cdr.
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| 21.10.1940 |
-
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(05.1945)
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Staff
Officer Operations, Operations Division, NSHQ (Ottawa) [HMCS Bytown]
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Bonnell,
Charles
Ernest
"Chuck"
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?
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08.01.1943
[age 33]
(KIA) |
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DSC
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06.01.1942
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attack on enemy 03.11.41
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Citation: "For courage and skill
when an enemy convoy was attacked by our light Coastal Forces." |
20.10.1937 RCNVR Company,
Toronto Sup/Reserve
(09.1941)
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-
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(11.1941)
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Commanding Officer,
HM MTB 218 (motor torpedo boat)
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?
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-
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08.01.1943
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HM Subm P311 (mined Straits
of Bonifacio) [HMS Titania]
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Bonnycastle,
Charles Humphrey
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26.12.1904
Winnipeg, Man.
- |
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VD
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?
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?
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01.08.1944
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-
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(05.1945)
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Executive
Officer, HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)
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BorrAdaile,
Edward Litchfield
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?
-
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T/A/Lt.
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21.09.1940 [0-7600]
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T/Lt.
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?, seniority 21.09.1939
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T/A/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1945
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| 19.11.1940 |
-
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(05.1943)
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Department
of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty
outside Admiralty)
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| 17.05.1943 |
-
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(05.1945)
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Bomb
Disposal Section, Division of Warfare and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa
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Boulton,
Angus George
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?
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Lt.Cdr
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? [0-7830]
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Cdr.
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01.01.1945
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DSC
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?
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?
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04.12.1942
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-
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02.03.1944
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Commanding Officer,
HMCS Annapolis
(destroyer)
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01.03.1945
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-
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(06.1945)
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Senior
Training Officer, HMCS Somers Isles (work up base, Bermuda)
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Bourke,
Rowland
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?
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T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.09.1939 [0-7860]
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A/Cdr.
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01.01.1944
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VC
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?
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?
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DSO
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?
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?
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Bracken,
John Bruce

From Burnaby, B.C. [?]
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13.12.1911
-
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T/A/Lt.
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05.10.1939 [0-8210]
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T/Lt.
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?
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T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.01.1945 (reld
< 04.1946)
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(02.1941)
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no
appointment listed
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01.09.1943
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-
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06.1945
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HMCS
Prince Henry (landing ship, infantry)
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20.06.1945
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-
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(06.1945)
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on
staff of Captain (D), St John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (RCN depot, St John's,
Nfld.)]
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Brock,
Ernest Reginald
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?
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Capt.
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01.01.1942 [0-8870]
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Cdre. 2nd cl.
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25.05.1944
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CBE
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?
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?
|

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VD
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?
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?
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Brock,
Jeffry Vanstone
"Jeff"
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29.08.1913
Vancouver
-
05.01.1997
Kingston, Ont. |
S.Lt.
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1934 [0-8900]
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A/Lt.
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20.02.1936
|
Lt.
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20.02.1936
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A/Lt.Cdr.
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01.07.1941
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T/Cdr.
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01.07.1944
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Cdr. RCN
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1946, seniority
01.07.1944
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Capt. RCN
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01.01.1950
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Cdre. RCN
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03.01.1957
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R.Adm. RCN
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01.02.1961
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1940
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HMS King
Alfred (RN training establishment)
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1940
|
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First
Lieutenant, HMS Berkshire
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(1941)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS
Kirkella
|
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Commanding Officer,
HMS
Ranunculus
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Commanding Officer,
HMS
Stonecrop
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(1942)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS
Bazely
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spare
escort commander, Western Approaches
|
1945
|
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SO 6th
Canadian Escort Group
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1945
|
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SO Western
Naval Reserve Divisions
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1946
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transferred
from RCNVR to RCN (rose to the rank of R.Adm.)
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Brock,
John
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?
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T/Lt.
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12.10.1939 [0-8890]
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T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
01.01.1945
|
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06.10.1942
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-
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17.08.1943
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Commanding Officer,
HMCS
Baddeck (corvette)
|
10.04.1944
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-
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(06.1945)
|
Commanding Officer,
HMCS La
Hulloise (frigate)
|
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Brown,
George Henry
 |
?
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01.1982
|
TS.Lt.
|
?
[0-9450]
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T/Lt.
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04.01.1943 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
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17.05.1943
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-
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(06.1944)
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HMCS
Chaleur (RCN base, Quebec)
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10.07.1944
|
-
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(07.1945)
|
HMCS
Quesnel (corvette)
|
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Brown,
Grant Cullen
 |
?
- |
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18.10.1943
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-
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15.06.1944
|
Commanding Officer,
HMCS
Baddeck (corvette)
|
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Brown,
Thomas Jackson
 |
?
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Buntain,
George Hedley
 |
?
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T/Lt.Cdr.
(retd)
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01.04.1931
[0-10370]
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VD |
?
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?
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Burdon,
Thomas Holland
"Tom"

his career
in his own words
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23.08.1919
Saint John, N.Br.
- |
T/S.Lt.
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01.04.1941? [0-10420]
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T/Lt.
|
01.01.1942
|
|
01.01.1941
|
-
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31.03.1941
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[first] Officers' Training Class at Royal Roads, B.C.
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30.06.1941
|
-
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(08.)1942
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HMCS
Camrose (corvette) (already posted to it
while under construction)
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1942
|
-
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1943
|
small
anti-submarine course, Halifax (also as teacher)
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26.04.1943
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-
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03.02.1944
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Anti-Submarine
Officer, HMCS Columbia (destroyer)
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06.02.1944
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-
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07.1944
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big
anti-submarine course at Anti-Submarine School [HMCS Cornwallis (training
establishment, Halifax, NS)] (also as a teacher)
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03.07.1944
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-
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(07.1945)
|
First
Lieutenant, HMCS Leaside (corvette)
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01.10.1945
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-
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03.1946
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Discharge
Officer, HMCS Brunswicker (Saint John Naval Division, N.Br.)
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Burk,
Charles Arthur
"Bones"
Married; two sons, four daughters.
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17.09.1916
-
06.1997
Montreal
[age 81]
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T/S.Lt.
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30.12.1940
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T/Lt.
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17.09.1941
(resigned 25.04.1945)
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Joined the navy at HMCS
York as Ordinary Seaman in 1939 after graduating from the University
of Toronto and trained in Toronto in 1939 to 1940. He was then sent as
an Ordinary Seaman (OD) to the RN to train at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall.
Commissioned on 30 February 1940. After training at Davenport Barracks,
he was posted to HMS New Market (USN lend-lease Destroyer). In 1941
he went to King Alfred for Officer training as an Acting Probationary Temporary
Sub-Lieutenant. To St. Christopher for Coastal Forces training.
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3rd Officer, MGB 101
(motor gun boat)
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05.11.1941
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-
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(12.1941)
|
First Lieutenant, MGB 14
(motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment,
Fort William)]
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(03.1943)
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Commanding Officer,
MGB 17 (motor gun boat)
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17.04.1943
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-
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(12.1943)
|
Commanding Officer,
MTB 442 (motor torpedo boat)
|
(02.1944)
|
|
|
Commanding Officer,
MTB 439 (motor torpedo boat)
|
28.02.1944
|
-
|
17.09.1944
|
Commanding Officer,
MTB 461 (motor torpedo boat)
|
|
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acting Senior
Officer, 29th MTB Flotilla
?
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04.10.1944
|
-
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29.01.1945
|
Commanding Officer,
MTB 491 (motor torpedo boat)
|
He was a President of the Naval
Officers Association of Canada and of the Montreal Branch of NOAC.
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Burke,
Cornelius
"Corny"
Son
of Stanley Burke, a pioneering businessman and one of the founders of
Pemberton Securities, the largest stockbroking firm in Western Canada.
Married 1st (1939) Wendy Bell-Irving
(died); three sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1977) Margo Osborne.
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02.09.1916
Vancouver, BC
-
25.04.1999
Vancouver, BC
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T/A/S.Lt.
|
18.03.1940 [0-10520]
|
T/S.Lt.
|
1941,
seniority 18.03.1940
|
T/Lt.
|
18.03.1943
?, seniority 18.03.1941
|
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
<
07.1945
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T/Lt.Cdr.
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01.07.1945 (reld
21.01.1946)
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DSC
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30.05.1944
24.06.1944
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action Adriatic coast Italy 0144
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DSC
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23.01.1945
03.02.1945
|
coastal actions Adriatic 08-09.44
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|

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DSC
|
24.04.1945
15.09.1945
|
attack on the Island of Lussino
03.12.44
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MID
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11.07.1944
09.09.1944
|
E-boat sank Mediterranean 05.04.44
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Education: Shawnigan Lake School,
Vancouver Island; University of British Columbia
09.1939
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HMCS
Discovery (RCN base, Vancouver, BC)
|
03.1940
|
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HMS King
Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) [sailed on the Duchess
of Atholl and smuggled his wife, Wendy (sister of Brigadier Budge
Bell-Irving), on board.]
|
05.1940
|
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went to Le Havre with demolition
specialists to blow up docks and harbour installations just before the
evacuation from Dunkirk
|
1940
|
-
|
1940
|
HMS Chitral
(armed merchant cruiser) (for 3 months)
|
26.09.1940
|
-
|
(02.)1941
|
First
Lieutenant & Navigator, HM MASB 42 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Drake
IV (accounting base, Devonport)] (based at Fowey)
|
18.08.1941
|
-
|
(12.1941)
|
First
Lieutenant & Navigator, HM MGB 17 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher
(Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
|
20.12.1941
|
-
|
(08.1942)
|
HMS
Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 5th MGB Flotilla):
|
12.1941
|
-
|
1942
|
Commanding Officer,
HM MGB 90 (motor gun boat) (based at Felixstowe & Dover)
[this boat burned to the
waterline when a rating cleaning the Lewis gun fired a shell that hit a
box of 20mm shells which exploded causing a major fire]
|
1942
|
-
|
1942
|
Commanding Officer,
HM MGB ... (motor gun boat) (20th MGB Flotilla) (based at Lowestoft)
|
12.1942
|
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went home to
Vancouver for Christmas
|
18.02.1943
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