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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
ROLLINSON, Frederick, Leading Seaman, RCN - Funeral services for Ldg. Sea. Frederick M. Rollinson, 36, of HMCS "Stadacona", who died in Halifax on April 23, were held on April 27 in Toronto. Burial took place in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Born in Rollinson, Alberta, Ldg. Sea. Rollinson was living in Toronto when he joined the RCN in February 1931. In the years before the war he served in the destroyers "Saguenay" and "Ottawa" and ashore at Halifax an in the United Kingdom. In May 1942 he was drafted to the "Ottawa" for the second time and was among those rescued when the ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic in September of that year. Later he served in the destroyers "Iroquois" and Qu'Appelle". In April 1946 he joined HMCS "Micmac" and the following year was injured when the ship was in collision with a freighter off Halifax. LS Rollinson was awarded the RCN Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1946. (CROWSNEST Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, June, 1950)
Ships served in: HMCS OTTAWA - Survived the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA
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