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William John Spencer

 

Lieutenant (P), O-69210, RCN

 

Born: 17 May 1924, Seaforth, Ontario 

 

Died: 24 Apr 1952, Dartmouth (Eastern Passage), Nova Scotia

 

Book of Remembrance

 

SPENCER, William John Lt (P), O-69210, RCN, died - 24 Apr 1952, HMCS SHEARWATER, 880 Anti-Submarine Squadron - Son of Watson and Ethel Spencer; husband of Marion Spencer; father of Christopher and Phillip Spencer; brother of Barry Spencer.

 

Lt Spencer died when his Avenger crashed near HMCS Shearwater in Eastern Passage, NS shortly after take-off.

 

Awards and Decorations:  1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945

 

Ships served in:

HMCS SHEARWATER, 880 Anti-Submarine Squadron

 

Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Friday 25  Apr 1952

Researched by George Newbury

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Headstone for Lt Spencer

St. George's Cemetery, Trenton, ON

source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

 

 

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