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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: HMCS CHIPPAWA - Enlisted 14 Jul 1943. Commenced active service 29 Jul 1943 HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 28 Oct 1943 as an OS, RCNVR * Transferred to DEMS 28 Oct 1943 * Rated Acting Able Seaman (DEMS) 28 Oct 1943 * Rated Acting Seaman Gunner (DEMS) 28 Oct 1943 SS GREEN GABLES PARK (DEMS) - Drafted to GREEN GABLES PARK 01 Dec 1943 as an A/AB (DEMS), RCNVR NOIC - Drafted to NOIC ESQUIMALT 20 May 1944 as an A/AB (DEMS), RCNVR SS KOOTENAY PARK (DEMS) - Drafted to KOOTENAY PARK 25 May 1944 as an A/AB (DEMS), RCNVR * Rated Able Seaman 31 Mar 1944 (Back Dated) NOIC - Drafted to NOIC ESQUIMALT 14 Oct 1944 as an AB (DEMS), RCNVR SS YOHO PARK (DEMS) - Drafted to YOHO PARK 28 Nov 1944 as an AB (DEMS), RCNVR SS SALT LAKE PARK (DEMS) - Drafted to SALT LAKE PARK 01 Dec 1944 as an AB (DEMS), RCNVR HMCS
GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 08 Jun 1945 as an AB (DEMS), RCNVR * Rated Acting Leading Seaman (DEMS) 26 Jun 1945 * Rated A/Gunner (DEMS) 02 Aug 1945 HMCS GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY (for DEMS) 08 Aug 1945 as an A/LS (DEMS), RCNVR HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 02 Sep 1945 as an A/LS (DEMS), RCNVR HMCS CHIPPAWA - Drafted to CHIPPAWA 04 Oct 1945. Demobilized 07 Nov 1945
(RW01) Roy on leave, Portage La Prairie, MB (RW02) Certificate of Service (RW03) Record of Service (RW04) Guard firing a salute - location unknown (RW05) Roy recounted a story to his son that after the war, when in Levuka, Fiji, the ship shot off a bunch of ammunition and the shell casing were left at a hotel. In 1978 he and a friend visited Fiji and is seen here holding a shell casing, possibly from his ship.
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For Posterity's Sake 
