In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Graham Alexander McKay

 

Telegraphist, RCNVR

 

Petty Officer 1st Class, Radioman, RCN

 

Born: 17 Jul 1919, Medicine Hat, Alberta

 

Died: 06 Apr 1987, Penticton, British Columbia

 

Ships served in:

RCNVR DIVISION CALGARY

HMCS ARMENTIERES

HMCS NOOTKA

SS NERISSA - Tel McKay was a passenger aboard SS NERISSA and survived her sinking

HMCS MAYFLOWER (for return passage to Canada)

HMCS ST FRANCIS

HMCS VENTURE

HMCS CANSO

HMCS CHATHAM

HMCS GIVENCHY

HMS BELFAST

HMCS HUNTSVILLE

HMCS THE PAS

HMCS OTTAWA

HMCS GRANDMERE

HMCS SCOTIAN

HMCS ONTARIO

HMCS ANTIGONISH

HMCS CAYUGA

HMS/m ADAMANT

HMCS STE THERESE

HMCS TECUMSEH

 


 

Six Ordinary Telegraphists, classmates of O/Tel Graham McKay, taking a Stand-easy at HMCS NADEN - 1940

L-R: Stuart Kitching;  Bill Coropka;  Jim Hutton;  Rob McCrindle;  Wilson Craig; and John Newhouse

* O/Tel S. Kitching, O/Tel J. Hutton, O/Tel R. McCrindle, and O/Tel W. Craig lost their lives in the sinking of the S.S. Nerissa

 


 

Petty Officer Graham McKay - HMCS ALDERGROVE'S Man of the Month

CROWSNEST magazine Nov 1953

Click on the above article to view a large image

 


 

Retirement notice for PO Graham A. McKay, CD

CROWSNEST magazine Sep 1964

 


 

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