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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
CORCORAN, John Vincent, Shipwright 5c, V55859, RCNVR, died - 04 Apr 1944, HMCS GIVENCHY - Born 17 May 1924, son of Martha A. Corcoran, Port Arthur, ON.
Shipwright 5th Class J. V. Corcoran was working at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt. He died when his clothes caught fire while he was welding in a confined space in board HMCS Norsal. He had been in the Canadian Navy for one year and eighteen days and before enlisting, he was a welder by trade.
Ships served in: HMCS GRIFFON
(1) Certificate of Service (2) Naval Training and Active Service record (3) Report of Death
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