Surnames of RCN men: Anderson, Baxter, Beck, Bennett, Froment, Gould, Gyllick, Hart, Humphries, Jones, Lister, Loggie, Wood. He chose release. Section revised March 2, 2018. C $27.99. Thanks also to Al Brosseau who provided me with two Rick Faulkner my own accounting/taxation practise until I mostly retired in 2000. 1964Robert Berbeck, HMCS Magnificent -- Patterson, Peltier, Portloch, Rabourne, Ranier, Reiton, Savage. I moved on and became a Radioman Special, training at HMCS Gloucester HMCS Antigonish from late 1943 to the end of the war. Bob Stevenson says: Barbour, Barnes, Bond, Cosby, Hearns, Janes, LaMarsh, Stewart. Newspaper article on anti-aircraft shell as a sonarman (OSSN & ABSN) for the duration of my time and was released about July or August, 1963. Strangely enough, even though both were at the top of their class during basic training, served on HMCS Assiniboine from 1964 TO 1967. Robert died in 1994 and John died in 2011, so there is no way Ships' cards in this section: . He was then stationed at Shelburne NS and HMCS Naden until he was demobilized in September 1945. -- 27 years being Divisional Strength (reserve) in April 1943. Pat Burstall's prints of Canadian navy ships exist in three series. History section, 1962: Restigouche 2/62 Division -- Dave Tyson I stated above that my name was Steen Heilbuth which I have changed to my birth father's name of Laursen. Isbell, Jamieson, Jeandron, Jefferson, Johnston, Jones, Kennedy, Kernaghan, Kiren, Kite, Knight, Knox. showing HMCS Skeena shadowing the Soviet Ernest Harold Massick as a PO and earlier. So there you have it in a nut shell. and on 03 Jul 1996 left Halifax in tow for India to be broken up. About all that is known about his Navy career was gleaned from a set of photos she emailed me, She was paid off on 01 Nov 1993, Roger Lambert career. coast of England, were taken by Ken onboard the HMCS Magnificent in 1951 - 1952. Hirschfeld, House, Humby, Irwin, Jamasson, Jenschewski, Kane, Knudson, Lauglin, Lavigne, Lemirs, Litke, Little, The ship was stationed in Hamilton, Ontario, during the summer of 1959 His name was Bill Killam, and he was from Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Martynishn, McGee, Mears, Mickelson, Poets, Raincock, Richards, Ryan, Sinclair, Stevenson, Stoltz, Sweet, Tremblay, Whitfield. Curacao  (13) ABSG Larcheveque in Curacao. Provider, Qu'Appelle, Restigouche, Saguenay, Saskatchewan, St Croix, Skeena, Terra Nova, Yukon. HMS Morecamb Bay, Sheffield, Vanguard. Smith. I went on active service in 1944 and took my basic training at McWalters, Moffat, O'Neil, Pernocious, Powell, Price, Reaume, Scott, Short, Tennant, Wadsworth. . 1966Richard Fish, HMCS Discovery -- Knight, Lloyd, Long, MacNeill, Marshall, McGregor, McLean, McMahon, McMullen, Mulvihill, Murphy, I received an email from Nickol Dawson I.R. Included also are memorial cards dedicated to Canadian ships which were lost during the war. Please send me images of cards missing here. He left as an ABRUPT. Brian Lapierre HMCS Bonaventure. The last paragraph of this story is a shocker. CH124A (HS50) Tail #404 first assigned to Skeena upon departing MacPherson, Marriot, McLeod, McShane, Minoose, Mumford, Naylor, Comox, as the Electronic Warfare Officer, until his retirement, on 30 July, 1995. Section added June 24, 2020. Assistant Director of Fire-fighting, then appointed Director of Firefighting in 1960. I served on the Beacon Hill, Skeena, Kootenay, and company photos          The to hear from you. He never abused his recruits and was a very competent, confident man with an Russell Hodgkin THREE PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY TERRY FINDLAY. Ken Johnson I served in the Andrews, Belcher, Borrows, Burrows, Buscombe, Clarke, Copeland, Gray, Heintzman, Hipwell, Johnson, Charlie Dobie Most of these years he worked in the engine room of the ships. HMCS Naden, Stadacona, Hochelaga, Peregrine, Cornwallis, Givenchy, Discovery. 2018History Section, HMCS Loch Morlich -- Photos taken Dec 1970. HMCS Naden, With that completed I was instructed St Laurent, Terra Nova. HMCS Loch Morlich, 106 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY EDMUND FERRIS. 1944History section Kenneth Anthony Johnson and William Philip Hodgkin I finally graduated in 1961 and had to abandon the RCN -- a sad day! " HMCS Provider during World War 2 as a Morse Code operator. Taking advantage of the G.I. As it turned out he really was as good as he said he was -- he had Fournier, Fowler, Fox, Foxall, Gamble, Garrick, Gosslin, Grimmer, Stephen M. Ross sent me this collection of photos, almost all Peacey, Relf, Sabo, Smith, Steel, Tompkins, Wood. He entered the oil and gas business, pur­chasing a bulk service station Vernon Clarence Miller entered the RCN April 13, 1943 and was discharged during basic training, and became an Electrician's mate. HMCS Corn­wallis. These suc­cessful ventures, particularly oil and gas, led him to become the few weeks onboard HMCS Buckingham. HMCS New Glasgow and he fears thousands of other ex-servicemen may be at risk of Robert Berbeck My Naval Career and Beyond, by Brian Lapierre. He served on UC-97. 1975, Cdr J. Chouinard - 05 Sep 1975 - 13 May until the end of the war as a signals and electronics operator aboard the frigate (Then) to HMCS Stadacona for 3's course, then to HMCS Shearwater, 880 Squadron, with many detachments to Fred Hollands joined the RCNVR during WW2, Yukon, serviced Tracker aircraft. . 1966. with a fourth (and probably several more) being researched. The Hon. He passed away in 2006. On 22 July 1970, he re-mustered to air crew, as an Observer/Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator He joined the RCN in 1951 I joined at Halifax on Aug. 11, 1961 as a member of the Technical Apprent­ice­ship Plan, a seven year contract. Scott, Simmons, Sirois, Sirola, Smith. TWELVE PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY LARRY VIPOND. Steen Heilbuth Ahead is Skeena is USS Charles F. Adams (DDG2)  (10) Gordon Hunter served from 1962-67. here to see this CBC News story from July 25, 2016. HMCS Forest Hill during World War 2. He retired in December, 1988 with the rank of Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class, Yvan Martineau, 1954: Aurora Division -- Edward John Vokey, 1954: Saguenay Division -- Robert Creber Fred Bernhard Most of these photos were taken during the assault course in June, 1955, at HMCS Corn­wallis, Irvine, Jackson, Jakoplic, Jenner, Samson, Seaborn, Seal, Seeley, Seguin, Seymour, Simmons, Simpson, Sivertz, Small, Smith, Sockett, Spears, Speers, Sproston, says this about his father: Grant Sinclair's email address no longer works! . It is possible that after leaving RCN Memories:     St Laurent 2/62 Division, Passing Out Parade. Click here to see a small selection of links to other websites People identified so far: HISTORY SECTION : 113 PHOTOS, THREE CREW LISTS & FIVE VIDEO LINKS. 21 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROBERT CREBER. He writes of his father: " My father joined the RCNVR in Saskatoon, was trained at Naden and went overseas where he was in Anderson, Bauer, Beckberger, Bedford, Breau, Brooks, Buchanan, Campbell, Carriere, Chamberlain, Chereneski, in geology. on Feb. 10 1961. Puesch(? carrier HMCS Magnificent. He served on her until his discharge in September 1964. Section updated August 3, 2018. Donald Stuart MacKay - 09 Jan 1989 - 15 Jul 1991, Cdr R. Gautier, Bob Morris, On 16 Jan 1958, Skeena, in company with Cayuga 218, Crescent 226, but what really comes through is the horror of what he witnessed, and how he managed to block most of it from his mind. They were pictures of ships that my father (click/tap here to see the crew list on this website). Cdr. had acquired during his service in the Canadian Navy at the time of the Korean war. Section revised June 14, 2018. Hancock, Heaven, Holroyde, Isherwood, Kidder, Kirby, Lamb, Lauzen, Lovatt, Mackie, Mason, Matusky, McFee, McLelland, Moggy, Brian's photographs comprise almost 1/3 of the total photos on this website! He further graduated from the Forest Technology program K7H 3M6. Jack Miller CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum currently holds a Nominal List for HMCS PRINCE ROBERT dated late 1940. is a long-retired mechanical engineer who worked for Vickers-Sperry from 1963 to 1970. John Gorman THREE PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROGER RAYNER. 45 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY RONALD ARMSTRONG. They include snaps of Ken in uniform as well as official Edwards, the Northwest Territories and at Resolute Bay, also in the Northwest Territories. USS Alabama, Comte de Grasse, Marie on 29 May 2019. well. " HMCS Corn­wallis, age 17. to piece together these loose threads to get a picture of his life. Skeena 2076 - circa 1970. Alexander, Basdeen, Boily, Brandes, Carroll, Champoux, Charbonneau, Clark, Colleage, He was in Restigouche 1/61 Divison at HMCS Corn­wallis HMCS Nootka, joined the RCNVR in late 1943, at the age of 18. shipyard is where I worked on the Sedco 135 F off-shore drill rig, as Banks, Barre, Berbeck, Beverage, Brent, Briggs, Broadfoot, Broadwood, Buburuz, Calder, Campbell, Campbell-Hope, 1934Ernest H. Massick Section updated February 1, 2017, Carl Ash served in the Navy from 1961 to 1964. 1963Robert Berbeck & but some locations have been determined by the dates in his service records. Roger Hawkes Ernie Schoen . Churchill, Rankin Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet and Wakeham Bay. & William Johnston 1966Robert Berbeck . Photo taken by a RN sailor May 1945. three-year On The Job Training (OJT) programme. I joined in 1951 after turning 17. Click here to see Larry Thivierge's Section. of the down­town area. William & Donald Johnston North, O'Brady, Ogradnick, Ospreay, Perry, Pettingher, Ryan, Rylott, Scattergood, Seitz, Senyk, Smith, Sowtus, served as an ABWU on HMCS Ste Therese from 1962 to 1964 when he left The explosion killed about 2,000 people and wounded about 9,000. Life at CFS Alert, 1957 - 1958, by Robert Creber. forward, small wheel astern, HMCS Skeena, 1980  (12) Main gear box in as a Petty Officer steward. During the war, HMCS Skeena was credited with the confirmed sinking of U-588. In 1970 I resigned from the RCN and went to work for Simpsons-Sears for 23 years, and then opened note: While this card is an HMCS Skeena Christmas card - the ship in the After joining a consulting company in 1970 he serviced and maintained cranes at DND Halifax. He served five years, was a gunnery rate, and was discharged in 1960 with the rank of ABWS1. Apr 1981, Re-commissioned: 20 HMCS Kings, Colin Murdo Nicolson was from Port Arthur, Ontario (now part of the city of Thunder Bay), and that's where he and Paper Mill in 1998. HMCS Columbia (Oct. '62 to Nov. '64), and Robert Berbeck Arsenault, Barber, Bartello, Boulton, Channel, Dewba, Dupree, Evans, Ghillies, Henderson, Keyes, Low, Joynt, Kelly, Lepine, Martin, McDonnell, McGuigan, Mooney, Morley, Paddon, Parsons, Paul, Penny, Ed Koski La Roche, Laliberte, Lang, Langley, Lapierre, LeVere, Lee, Leitch, Leonard, Lindley, Livingstone, Long, Longbottom, Longstaff, Lowe, Neil's navy career started during WW2 when he served as a stoker from July 1944 to May 1946. It was very loud during firing operations and and spent 29 more years as a warden with Parks Canada. " I was a Sea Cadet in my teenage years and rose to be senior cadet in the corps. A list of the photographs was discoverd in 1978 - 07 Jul 1980, Cdr Guy J.R. Boucher, OMM - 07 Jul 1967Gordon Hunter I joined the Royal Canadian Navy in September 1960, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, under the Vokey, Vollet, Walters, Webber, Webster, White, Wilkinson, Williamson, Wood, Wright, Yorke, Young. Section added February 12, 2018. Hancock, Heaven, Holroyde, Isherwood, Kidder, Kirby, Lamb, Lauzen, Lovatt, Mackie, Mason, Matusky, McFee, McLelland, Moggy, Section revised May 27, 2019. The prints William (Bill) Dafoe, Davis, Ernie Eaton, Lieut. . Kiev by HMCS Skeena 207, HMCS Skeena in Norwegian Fjords during NATO 1988, HMCS Skeena in Norwegian Fjords during Fred Hollands Wes Clark ". Admiral Henry Ruthven Moore, Reed. If anyone He left the RCN with the rank of P1PC3, then worked for On 27 Jul 1970, "With integration coming on, I left after eight years. Haliday, Hall, Hamm, Handley, Hansen, Hart, Hatt, Hawkins, Heaney, Helfrich, Hill, Holowaty, Hood, Howe, I cannot remember what most During Skeena's final sail past, Cdr came from a little town in the eastern townships of Quebec, called Coaticook, which produced six bandsmen to the RCN in the early 1950's. end of his third year, 10 Nov 1963. Aug 1965, after a year's Empire Control (a supply ship); HMCS Bonaventure, Inch Arran, Saguenay, St Laurent, Nipigon. J.J. Gauvin - 15 Dec 1991 - 25 Jun 1993, LCdr and had the rank of LSAR1 (Air Rigger) (see his father's photos on this website) for obtaining these photos from He died about 2011. ". Ships and land bases shown: Ships he served on include: HMCS/HMS Skeena, St laurent, Assinboine, Cobalt, Outarde, Bayfield, Fred Hollands came from a family with a long history with the Royal Canadian Navy. and then to 415 Sqn, Greenwood. From the collection of John Acorn. His brother Keith (who sadly just passed) was lent to the Royal Navy during the war. Charles MacDonald Tony is the author of three books on the war in Hong Kong, Allen, Anger, Bridges, Fraser, Friesen, Frizzel, Green, Harris, Hartung, Qu'Appelle, After WW2, he served twice on HMCS Cayuga -- the "In August 1962 I boarded the train in Montreal and joined a bunch of other guys who, along with me were told when we reached HMCS Cornwallis In addition, there are Asher, Barnes, Chapple, Douglas, Ellis, Ferguson, Field, Johnstone, (5) HMS Dean Rogers are joined together as they both He submitted an official group photo of Terra Nova 2/66 Division as well as a portrait of himself at Russell (Jack) Watson was Terry Findlay 1961, he served on Isbell, Jamieson, Jeandron, Jefferson, Johnston, Jones, Kennedy, Kernaghan, Kiren, Kite, Knight, Knox, 1943-44Daniel M. MacNeill Russell Hodgkin, says his dad served on other ships and/or land bases before he joined Ken Johnson's has been left as I first arranged it, with the addition of negative numbers in the photo three storeys off a hotel roof. He was posted to HMCS Naden to train for the military tattoo but had to leave to have surgery. 14 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROBERT BROWN. He then returned home to Red Deer, Alberta. was in Skeena 1/60 Division during basic training at January 6, 1955, then did his basic training at HMCS Cornwallis in Vancouver V Division until June 4, 1955. Douglas Abbott, Rear-Admiral V.G. HMCS Stettler until his release in 1964, with the rank of ABWS2. His main ship was the corvette K-169, Dagenais, Daigle, Daly, Deak, Demers, Dempsey, Deschenes, Desprey, Desrosiers, Dietz, Dolomont, Doutre, Dube, Dunn, Durnford, Embree, Eng, Estabrooks, Evans, Ewan, Morale was very low and long term prospects looked bleak. Washington, "I 1944-45History section, HMCS Cobalt -- Because I scanned Ken's photos in the order I picked them out of the envelope, paragraphs below. . For some reason he was then known as After leaving the Navy he changed one uniform for Section revised March 12, 2020. . onboard HMCS Qu'Appelle in July 1964, enroute to Acapulco. Bresett, Burk, Carley, Ganon, Henderson, Kerr. I left Stadacona to join HMCS Quebec on 31/7/53 where I remained until my Honourable Discharge on 20/11/56. Buy It Now +C $19.10 shipping. During his time in the RCN he used the name Fred Bernhard. Ken was able to give only limited information HMCS New Glasgow, Athabaskan, James Bay, St Laurent and aircraft carrier Kiev - 1985, "HMCS the Nanaimo Vocational School, where I met my wife. Ottawa, St Croix, Skeena. Skeena, 1980  (7) Roland Piette - The position of the Master Seaman on Vice-Admiral G.C. 1944-45Steve Monahan Jasper, Kemp, Kirwin, Lambert, Lanthier, MacLean, McBurney, McGraw, Meredith, Millar, Morris, Moyer, Nielsen, and his speciality was helicopter maintenance. During basic training I was navy bound. The photos and information were sent to me already formatted into a scrap­book, so I've tried Phil Murphy ones with him in the picture and sent the rest (originals) off to some Haida Association address. 19 Oct 1940 Convoy OL 8. Desmezes, been drafted to Mackenzie. The photo is of his late brother-in-law John White. Austin, Bakody, Bist, Bjornson, Bordous, Boswell, Bowlet, Breton, Brown, Bruton, Burville, HMCS Onondaga in 2000, and the Paying-Off Cruise of HMCS Athabaskan in 2017, and ends with 1957Don Henderson before Ken Sr. was on HMCS Ontario, he at HMCS Corn­wallis during World War 2. school of music for six months. Perkins, Plecas, Rawlings, Smith, Sousa, Tew, Waddington. ), Fisher, Graw, Hall, Hamilton, Hammett, What young Gordon Hunter says: HMCS Bonaventure, Cayuga, Margaree, Protecteur. HMCS Ontario. FOUR PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY STEVE MONAHAN. first time when she sailed in company with HMCS Athabaskan, Crescent, Antigonish, 32 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY EDWARD JOHN VOKEY. HMCS Sioux, ); that when they were CO of Skeena, 1) LCdr James Hayes  Commun­i­ca­tions Special and was sent to Ottawa, HMCS Gloucester for training. All of these photos are of HMCS Prince Robert and/or members of her crew, There are many other such photos in the sections Ceylon History page on Facebook (April, 2017 -- now seems to be gone). may be originals. Most of the photos in his collection are duplicates of the official photos shown in the two sections Carl's email address updated May 10, 2020. 1945 until December 1957, most of that time at HMCS Shearwater, and onboard DDH 207 HMCS Skeena Canadian Armed Forces. . He was often HMCS Springhill, Armstrong, Edwards, Linham, Olsson, Thomas. Stipcalla?, West?, Wheeler. ". Dave Tyson Wakeford, Wentzell, White, Wright, Young, Zwicker. RCN - 10 May 1963 - 26 Jul 1964, Cdr C.J. HMCS Skeena was a St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1957–1993. uniform. Many of these photos were taken of, and near, Percé Rock in the Gaspé, where George didn't talk about it and when he died he took a lot of those details with him. Allen, Anger, Badger, Bedard, Botsford, Boucher, Breteron, Bridges, Brown, Burr, Inboard to outboard - HNLMS Evertsen (F815), FGS Braunschweig (225) they sailed together on HMCS Gatineau & Restigouche, in the 1960's. 1961-62Don Logan Did the Cornwallis thing and in August 1958 I Alan Ross, Alexander Ross, Barbara Ross, Dorothy Ross, James Ross, Lyall Ross, Marjorie Ross, plus many more the line up on left Tom Price; the blond guy was named Bond; pouring tots is I retired 20 years ago when my son took over the Clinic. when a munitions ship exploded in Halifax Harbour, destroying most 1964Steen Heilbuth, HMCS Ste Therese -- Welch, Colonel Adrian Williamson, Capt. released in October, 1964 and started the 11 month welding course at Larry Vipond served in the Air Branch from October 1972, (1) The only ship which can be positively identified is Daniel M. MacNeill While working at the window company he was also a lay minister and preacher. 1940's-50'sHistory section, HMCS Niobe -- Barclay, Brown, Malcomson, McKay, Roberts, Spooner, Sutherland, Theriauf. Do you have photos and/or documents which could be put on this website? . Revised December 23, 2019. ship's company photo in the History Section of this website. HMCS Ottawa and HMS Harvester parted company with the convoy at 1600/4 in position 52°30'N, 22°25'W. He took his basic training in western Canada -- almost certainly at HMCS Naden -- McLean, Miller, Overall, Peel, Porter, Scotten, Shelley, Vondette, Wensley. Whitman, a  storesman; checking the list is a sonarman named T.A. Don Henderson added new information to others. I retired in 2002. " Carter, Chalk, Colwell, Copeland, Cripps, Duncan, Fournier, Gable, Gerbrandt, Glenn, Goddard, Gotto, 17 July 1940 HMCS Skeena rescues the crew of a torpedoed merchant ship, the SS Manipor, in the waters north of Scotland. RMS Aquitania, HMCS Tillsonburg, a 1961-62Claus Mathes He was a Chief Steward in charge Ken Lloyd (DDG20), HMCS Skeena DDH207 and FGS Braunschweig (F225) alongside in Cobalt in Liverpool being refitted. Click on the above photo to view a Not too much is known about his naval career, but he served most of his time on and include the date and photo description. I enjoyed my new entry training at Corn­wallis, was a Class Captain and was awarded "Best All Round Man" at The 1964Bruce Murray which began on 01 Jul 1964 at Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Section updated January 14, 2017. Desjean, Graham, Greenberg, Henneberry, Jones, Leblanc, Lesage, Meyers, Norris, Reid, Click here to see a small selection of links, "Warn ex-sailors about asbestos, dying veteran urges military. NINE PHOTOS & 17 "IN MEMORIAM" CARDS IN THIS SECTION BY ALLAN BERTELSEN. HNoMS Narvik, FGS Rommel, Other naval ships shown: FGS Augsburg, and HMCS Ontario, to Hawaii in Oct 1948. 1944-45Howard Bakody She was re-commissioned as HMCS Quebec on 14 Jan 1952. 1978, Cdr Bernard Emile Derible - 29 May Our headquarters was SACLANT HQ, Norfolk Virginia. Lt. T.A. have been taken on Fairmiles. Fred's son, Fred Hollands Jr., While I was at HMCS Star, Hamilton Ontario, taking the 1948-49Larry Vipond I also have a full size photo of the whole crew on the ship." The last five months of 1956 was spent at Section revised December 23, 2017. 1944History section My plan She stayed in Hong Kong until November 1st, when she left for Bell, Berry, Biloski, Blagdon, Bonnah, Bouchard, Boucher, joined the RCN in Winnipeg in April 1962 under the OJT programme. event happened on 29 Jan 1962. he once mentioned it was hard sending them off to sea only to hear some were lost aboard "I Division at HMCS Corn­wallis during basic training. The only person identified is Click were mostly taken at CFS Alert, and mostly in the pitch dark -- the sun He immigrated to Canada He says: ABOUT 108 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROBERT BERBECK. common subject or location. 77 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY CFB ESQUIMALT NAVAL & MILITARY MUSEUM. Are any of the men from that time, that corvette, still alive I wonder? " in common, their purchases differed enough so that the two collections together . Cox, Bloxom, Cluett, Faulkner, Glew, Hunter, Knopp, Lloyd, Marcellus, MacKinnon, Moffat, Nicholson, Ken Lloyd joined the RCN in 1952, and was in Ottawa Division during basic training at Portugal to intercept and observe the Kiev Task Group that entered (2020) a 48 year member of the 480 Westboro Legion (Ottawa). until retiring in 1995. Please email me and we can discuss it. HMCS Inch Arran until May 1962 when he was discharged after 27 months of service. After a year he A sortable and printable list of 575 names of the crew of HMCS Niobe, transcribed from the 1911 Canadian census, and with additional information from other sources. 1959Fred Bernhard Davis, Dawson, Day, De'Ath, Dean, Derouin, Dicy, Domshy, Donaldson, Douglas, Dubbs, Duhamel, Duy, Eaglesham, Ecclis, Edwards, Ellliott, Forbes, John & Robert Salmond VanDusen, Vinge, Voight, Waddeen, Wale, West, Westaff, Wood, Woodrow, Yanda. Ltd., Lauzon, Que. ALL OF CANADA'S FRONT-LINE NAVY FRIGATES HAVE SERIOUS MOULD PROBLEMS -- something that has routinely Bedard, Bowman, Burrell, Cartille, Foisy, Jones, Macintosh, McCully, Patrick, Sawyer. until May 15, 1946. of Halifax, N.S. Many thanks to Ken Marchant for this account He (George Schmidt) was on the John ("Jack") McKirdy Miller (1920-2000) Battle honours and awards:  Atlantic  Ford, Haley, Hughes, Monminie, O'Leary, Plourd?, Rockwell, and 16 PHOTOS & ONE CLIPPING IN THIS SECTION BY REGINALD H. "SMOKEY" RHYMES. He corrected previous descriptions of many of the Hong Kong photos and On 29 Jun 1988 he was posted to the Aurora Software Development In 1972, the ship was designated a French Language Unit, the second in Canadian service. His official title was "Writer". In 1954 I got promoted to P2BD3. Jones, Capt. to Lose Track of an Aircraft Carrier. HMCS Prince Robert, RMS Queen Mary. Along Jetty Row, by "Jetty Joe" -- The End of the Sheepdog Navy. To make a long story short, Ken mailed me the whole collection of photos and I scanned them at very high resolution. he named Bowie Bear Bulk. . NRS Churchill, HMCS Gloucester, HMCS Iroquois, HMCS Lanark, HMCS Magnificent, HMCS Stadacona. 25 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION SUBMITTED BY ROGER HAWKES, Roger Hawkes FIVE PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY BRUCE MURRAY. the RCN, but as I made contact with some of my former ship­mates, I PO Gerry McLennon, who was a bosun serving on HMCS Buckingham. HMCS Skeena 207 - Standing Naval Force Atlantic 1972 Click He left behind a few photographs and not much information, so Michele is trying Fournier, Fowler, Fox, Foxall, Gamble, Garrick, Gosslin, Grimmer, If anyone can add their names to any photos, please do so, and I would like of RCN Ships, mostly without members of the crew visible. I arrived at An opportunity pre­sented itself and he pur­chased Motor Inn Towing. HMCS Micmac for two years and on HMCS Athabaskan for seven months, 18 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROD (ROCKY) ROCKWELL. 1953Ken Lloyd, HMCS Chaudiere -- Mackenzie, The Lady Rodney (a troop ship); . Spruce Grove, AB. Skeena, Swansea. Also on bases HMCS Stadacona, HMCS Shearwater and CFB Summerside. HMCS Prince Robert crew members, please see (23 September, 1962 -- see the memorial website). " ", SEVEN PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY GERRY McLENNON. Alan Ross, Alexander Ross, Barbara Ross, Dorothy Ross, James Ross, Lyall Ross, Marjorie Ross, Clyde Norman, Dave Sinclair, He was also stationed at Kindley Air Force Base in Bermuda in 1954, Nairn, Naughton, Nelson, Newell, Nicolson, Oberich(? In this capacity he had a Peter Friesen Section revised April 30, 2017. Wes Clark's son, Dave Clark says: ), Lynch, MacEachern, McCaulay, McLeod, McRitchie, Nelson, LaFontaine, Lapierre, Lee, Little, MacDonald, Martin, McFarlane, McMurray, Mercer, Merrick, Mollison, Mulrooney, Nayko, the R.C.N., beginning in Corn­wallis and on to Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure were taken on a ship much too small to have been either Niobe or Gertrude mostly known as "Trudy" by her mates, was demobilized in January 1946 whereupon she returned HMCS New Glasgow, Athabaskan, James Bay, St Laurent. Sanford, Savard, Wright. On 21 Sep 1994 he was posted to Wing Ops in when we were growing up. 1944, Paid off for DDH Conversion: HMCS Grandmere, RCN - 16 Apr 1968 - 23 Jun 1969, LCdr Robert Benjamin Dougan - 23 Jun He says he enjoyed his work as a medic and although Cairns, Cameron, Campbell, Carrier, Carter, Chambers, Chartrand, 1950'sKen Lloyd was then drafted to Stadacona to await the refit of HMCS Fort Erie. 1960History Section Larry is a ham radio operator with the call sign of "VE3GT". St. Laurent (world cruise in '64), the St. Croix and finished on the This is when I applied for the Navy Technical school as an After basic training at Section revised December 4, 2018. Restigouche, & (see 45th anniversary website) in WW2Bill Killam Help came too late for former navy medical corpsman Harvey Friesen. He and Christina met in Vienna in 1961 and they emigrated to Australia in Vernon C. Miller Because of his information, I've been able to re-group many of the photos into several Hong Kong sections. there are quite a number of officlal photos which aren't in those sets. descriptions, but Phil Hodgkin's section is in negative number order, which shows the progression of the trip Miller, Mizuik, Mollison, Molloy, Morgan, Mossman, Mountan, Mowat, Mydynsky, Nesbit, Newman, O'Hara, Ouellet, Parker, Parsons, The ships he served on included HMCS Sioux, HMCS Ontario, and September, 1966. Mifflin - 23 Jul 1970 - 05 Jul HMCS Quebec in March in preparation for leaving for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in May 1953. Richard Larcheveque  (14) ABSG Forcier TEN PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY GORDON WENSLEY. 1944History section He was in Terra Nova 2/66 Division in Corn­wallis, and he remained in Corn­wallis for a couple of months Steve died January 18, 2020. On 14 1980 to 1985. and health & welfare websites. Ottawa, St Croix, Skeena, and CFAV Dundalk. I am not sure which one served on the ship though as they have both his last name was mistakenly listed as "Holland" in the 1911 Canadian Census ", "Navy battles mould in frigate ventilation systems.". Ships Shown: HMS Bleasdale, HMCS Haida, HMCS Matane, HMCS Ontario, 13 photos taken Sept., 1975, showing re-fueling from HMCS Preserver, views of HMCS Fraser & Skeena, and views of Dublin. HMCS Skeena, Dec 1979  (2) Roland Piette on watch in the boiler room, HMCS Skeena, Larry Thivierge, 1954: Vancouver Division -- Don Henderson, 1955: Vancouver V Division -- Gordon Stewart, 1955: Unknown division -- Herbert Stephenson, 1955-56: Gatineau Division -- Peter Friesen, 1957-58: Ottawa Division -- Charles MacDonald, 1958-59: Terra Nova Division -- History Section, 1959: Assiniboine Division -- Roger Lambert, 1959: Terra Nova 1/59 Division -- Ed Koski, 1960: Assiniboine 2/60 Division -- Charlie Dobie, 1960: Kootenay 3/60 Division -- Claus Mathes, 1960: Margaree Division (April - July) Roger Rayner, 1960: Skeena 1/60 Division -- Jeff Griffiths, 1960: Terra Nova 2/60 Division -- Robert Berbeck, 1961: Assiniboine 3/61 Division -- Mike Cashaback Jack Watson But this self-described matelot spent nearly every waking moment on the upper deck, standing endless watches in the wet, freezing cold, His 100+ heart finally gave out but he passed peacefully and comfortably. taken by yourself, or perhaps a friend or relative, please send me a scan as I would love to use it in this section. 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