In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

LOSEE, William J. - 29, of HMCS "Cataraqui" Kingston, died in Kingston December 30 of leukemia. Lieut. Losee, who served in British carriers in the Far East in the Second World War, entered the active list of the RCN(R) as a Lieutenant (P) in April 1947. He was enrolled in the engineering faculty at Queen's University at the time. In the three succeeding years he spent most of the summer vacation periods on naval training and voluntary service on the East Coast. He took flying refresher courses at HMCS "Shearwater," trained and served in "Stadacona" and was in HMCS "Haida" for a brief period. He received his Bachelor of Science degree last spring from Queen's along with a scholarship. Ten days prior to his death he received word he had won first prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Canadian Mining Journal. Lieut. Losee joined the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm as a rating in May 1942 and subsequently received his commission in the RNVR. He was demobilized in March 1946. Funeral services were held in Ottawa January 2 and burial was in Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston. (The CROWSNEST Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, February, 1951)