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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
TEMPLETON, Thomas McDonald, LS, V14540, RCNVR, MPK - 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - son of Thomas and Mary Jane Templeton; husband of Madge Templeton; father of Richard, all of Vancouver, BC.
Ships served in: VANCOUVER DIVISION RCNVR HMCS QUATSINO - Served in Quatsino 11 Jun 1942 - 05 Mar 1943 as an OS & AB, RCNVR HMCS OUTARDE - Served in Outarde 05 May 1943 - 28 Oct 1943 as a A/LS, RCNVR HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Drafted to Valleyfield 06 Dec 1943 as an A/LS. Rated to LS on 15 Apr 1944.
(1) Portrait of Seaman Templeton (2) Certificate of Service (3) Naval Training and Active Service record (4-5) Service Summary (6) Casualty Report
(7) Article on Thomas Templeton and Ralph Smith - showing how a "V" sign should be made - Vancouver Sun 26 Jul 1941 (8) Article on an impromptu reunion of 4 survivors of the sinking of HMCS Valleyfield - George Ioanin, Less Martin, Henry Addison and Bud Laing - Vancouver Sun 24 Sep 1991 (9) Follow-up article to the reunion article in which Kirk Templeton, son of Tom Templeton who died when HMCS Valleyfield was sunk, speaks to Henry Addison, HMCS Valleyfield and Alan Girvan, HMCS Edmundston
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