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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Allan Semple's family came from Ayreshire, Scotland, and settled in the Gardenvilla district just northeast of Saskatoon in 1923. Allan joined the Navy in 1934 and was wounded in the sinking of HMCS Fraser in 1940. Invalided home, he died in 1949 at age 34 purportedly of his war wounds. Although Semple's name appears on the Saskatoon Rural honour roll, only deaths occurring before the end of 1947 are considered as war casualties by the Canadian government. (source: "Age Shall Not Weary Them: Saskatchewan Remembers Its War Dead" 2005, Bill Barry p 497).
Allan was a son of William Semple (1879-1964) and Annie Brown (Ballantyne) Semple (1883-1950) and brother of William Semple (1910-1989); Thomas Ballantyne Semple (1912-1979) and David Ballentyne Semple (1919-1985)
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 31 Jul 1939 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Jan 1940 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 13 Jan 1940. Survived the sinking of HMCS FRASER on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Sep 1940. Survived the sinking of HMCS MARGAREE on 22 Oct 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 23 Oct 1940 * Demobilized 20 Oct 1941 Medically Unfit
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