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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: OTTAWA DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 08 Nov 1939 (The Nauticapedia) HMCS PRINCE DAVID - Drafted to PRINCE DAVID in 1939 (The Nauticapedia) * Rated Leading Seaman, RCNVR (The Nauticapedia) HMCS COLUMBIA (The Nauticapedia) HMCS LLEWELLYN (The Nauticapedia) * Commissioned from the ranks * Appointed Probationer Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR (Navy List Aug 1943) HMCS KINGS - Appointed to KINGS, LL Division for Disposal or Under Training 28 Aug 1943 (Navy List Aug 1943 / The Nauticapedia) * Appointed Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR (seniority 19 Jul 1943) (Navy List Feb 1944) ML-Q072 - Appointed to Q072 06 Dec 1943 as 1st Lieutenant * Appointed Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR 19 Jul 1944 (Navy List Nov 1944) ML-Q073 - Appointed to Q073 14 Aug 1944 as 1st Lieutenant (Navy List Nov 1944) ML-Q077 - Appointed to Q077 30 Apr 1945 as CO. Served as CO 30 Apr 1945-19 Jul 1945 (Macpherson / Burgess - Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981) * Transferred to the RCN as a Lt, RCN (seniority 19 Jul 1944) (Navy List Apr 1946) * Loaned to the Royal Navy (Navy List Apr 1946) HMS VENGEANCE - Appointed to VENGEANCE in 1945 (The Nauticapedia) HMS MERMAID - Appointed to MERMAID in 1946 (The Nauticapedia) HMCS IROQUOIS - Drafted to IROQUOIS 17 Apr 1947 (Navy List Apr 1947) HMCS HAIDA - Served in HAIDA in 1948 (Research by Neil Bell, LCdr, Ret'd) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX 30 Aug 1948 (Navy List Jan 1949) * Appointment Terminated - Service Completed - 25 Jan 1949 as a Lt, RCN (Navy List Jul 1949)
(DL01) Lt Doug Lester. Served 08 Nov 1939 - 25 Jan 1949 (DL02) Doug Lester (DL03) Obituary for Doug Lester
Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - date unknown
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
(DL06) Officers on HMCS PRINCE DAVID in southern waters (DL07) Bum Boats in Port of Spain, Trinidad while on HMCS PRINCE DAVID (DL08) Going to Action Stations on HMCS PRINCE DAVID (DL09) Robert Coul off HMCS PRINCE DAVID somewhere ashore - 1941 (DL10) Oxford, an Electrician, in his bunk on HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS COLUMBIA
(DL11) Douglas Lister on HMCS COLUMBIA I49 - Gunnery Drills - 15 Jan 1941 (DL12) Doug Lister on HMCS COLUMBIA I49 - 1941 (DL13) HMCS COLUMBIA I49 approaching Iceland (DL14-DL15) HMCS COLUMBIA I49 in the anchorage at Iceland
(DL16) Depth charges exploding astern of HMCS COLUMBIA I49 (D17) Unknown sailors port side of HMCS COLUMBIA I49 near the quarterdeck
DL18 (DL18) Funeral for VPO Charles Victor Silvester, HMCS COLUMBIA, Fossvogur Cemetery, Reykjavik, Iceland. Firing party at Present Arms
HMCS LLEWELLYN
Unknown sailors on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278
Unknown sailors on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278
(DL29) Petty Officer Douglas Lester, rear, centre on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278. Others in the photo unknown
(DL31) Lev Inglis on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278, Sydney Harbour, NS, Aug 1942 (DL32) HMCS LLEWELLYN J278, Halifax in December (DL33) Unknown sailor up the mast on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 (DL34) The Chief up the mast on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 (DL35) Les Young climbing up the mast on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278
(DL36) George Parsons on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 (DL37) Unknown sailor on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278, Sydney Harbour, NS (DL38) Chief Jim Duncan on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 - Aug 1943 (DL39) Chief Jim Duncan on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 - Aug 1943 (DL40) Doug "Scrappings" and Leo Roy on HMCS LLEWELLYN
(DL41) Unknown sailor on the jetty with HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 in the background (DL42) Unknown sailors on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 (DL43) Unknown sailors on HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 (DL44) Ratings of HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 on the jetty holding the Victory Loans Flag. Doug Lester, standing, 6th from left - Aug 1943 (DL45) Crew of HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 holding the Victory Loans flag up on the bridge. Doug Lester 2nd from right - Aug 1943
Various Warships
(DL46) ML Q092 (DL47) ML Q102 (DL48) HMS SEAWOLF N47 (DL49) HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 - 1942 (DL50) HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 - Dec 1946
(DL51) HMCS ASSINIBOINE I18 in Halifax Harbour 19 Oct 1939 (DL52) Unknown Fairmile Motor Launch fully dressed. Date and location unknown (DL53) HMCS SUDEROY VI J05 (DL54) HMCS SUDEROY VI J05 in line ahead
Misc
(DL55) Bill and Doug in a Carley Float in Bedford Basin (DL56) Unknown Petty Officer (DL57-DL58) Troopship USS WAKEFIELD (former SS Manhattan) in Halifax Harbour after a fire on board ship at sea - Sep 1942 (DL59) Byrd's Snow Cruiser Oct 1939
(DL60) Sailing vessel - unknown location. Possibly in the approaches to Halifax. (DL61) Merchant ship departing Halifax as part of a convoy
HMS VENGEANCE
(DL62) Doug Lester on HMS VENGEANCE R71 (DL63) HMS VENGEANCE R71 (DL64) Coastline of Sumatra taken in the Strait of Malacca near Singapore (DL65) Destruction in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb blast. This building became known as the A-bomb dome and peace memorial park (DL66) Destruction in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb blast.
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