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Harvey Leonard Vincett

 

Able Seaman, Stoker, 17114-E, RCN

 

Born: 29 Mar 1931, Galahad, Alberta

 

Died: 09 Jan 1953, Victoria, British Columbia

 

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VINCETT, Harvey Leonard, AB, 17114E, RCN, died - 09 Jan 1953, HMCS ONTARIO - Son of Ernest and Beulah Vincett of Consort, Alberta. Brother of Arnold, Melvin, Donald, Alice, Lillian and Ellen Vincett.

 

AB Vincett died at the Naval Hospital, HMCS NADEN, Esquimalt, BC, from injuries to his skull as a result of a fall.  He fell 40 feet into the dry dock and suffered fatal injuries. He is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Galahad, AB.

 

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HMCS ONTARIO

 

Article on the death of AB Harvey Vincett

 


 

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