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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
UGANDA C66 / C31 (1944)
Former
HMS UGANDA C66(1943)
Then
HMCS QUEBEC C31 (1952)
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Laid down: 20
Jul 1939
Launched: 07
Aug 1941
Commissioned: 03
Jan 1943
Transferred to RCN: 21
Oct 1944
Commissioned: 21
Oct 1944
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Paid off:
01 Jan 1947
Re-commissioned: 14
Jan 1952
Paid off: 13
Jun 1956
Fate: Scrapped at Osaka, Japan, in 1961
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As HMS Uganda, the name-ship of
her class, she was completed 03 Jan 1943, at Vickers-Armstrong Ltd.,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. After working up with the Home Fleet she joined
Plymouth Command in Apr 1943 for operations in the Bay of Biscay and
the English Channel, and in Jul 1943 joined the 15th Cruiser
Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, as part of Force "K." She
was badly damaged by a German glider bomb on 13 Sep 1943, while
supporting the Allied landing at Salerno, Italy, and arrived at
Charleston, S.C., in November for a year of repair work.
Presented to the RCN, the ship was commissioned HMCS Uganda on 21
Oct 1944, at Charleston, and in Nov 1944 returned to the U.K. for
further modifications. She left in Jan 1945, for the Pacific via the
Suez Canal, to join the 4th Cruiser Squadron, British Pacific Fleet.
In Apr 1945 she joined Task Force 57 in the Okinawa area, and was
thereafter principally employed in screening the Fleet's aircraft
carriers operating against Japanese airfields in the Ryukyu
Islands.
After the fall of Germany, while
Uganda
was involved in operations with the US Navy's Third Fleet that a
directive came through from RCN Headquarters that Captain Mainguy
poll the crew on whether they would volunteer for the Pacific War
and eventually Operation Downfall, the codename for the invasion of
the Home Islands. The crew of Uganda felt
that they had volunteered for "hostilities only", (i.e.,
hostilities against Nazi Germany) but now found themselves fighting
a different enemy in a quite different part of the world. On 7 May 1945, the vote was held
onboard Uganda and 605 crew out of 907 refused to volunteer
for continuing operations against Japan. The British Admiralty was
furious and said it could not replace the ship until 27 July at the
earliest. An embarrassed Royal Canadian Navy offered to replace Uganda
with HMCS Prince Robert, an anti-aircraft flak ship that
was being refitted in Vancouver.
Uganda remained on duty until
relieved by HMS Argonaut. On 14 Jun 1945 she participated in the
bombardment of Truk, and in Jul 1945 supported carriers operating
against Tokyo. HMCS Uganda was detached
from the US Navy's Third Fleet on 27 July 1945 when HMS Argonaut arrived. Uganda proceeded to Eniwetok, and then to Pearl
Harbor for refuelling before heading for Esquimalt. En route to
Pearl Harbor, one boiler suffered a liner collapse which would have
resulted in the ship's withdrawal from active combat at any rate. Uganda
limped into Pearl Harbor on 04 Aug 1945 but was not welcomed because of
the resentment that her crew was "quitting" the war. Uganda
departed after refuelling and proceeded for Esquimalt. En route to
Canada, the crew heard news about the atomic bombs being dropped on
Japan. They arrived in Esquimalt on 10 August 1945, the day that Japan
announced its acceptance of the Instrument of Surrender.
Uganda spent the rest of
her career as a training ship and was paid off on 10 Jan 1947. She
was re-commissioned as HMCS Quebec on 14 Jan 1952. Paid off on 13
Jun 1956, she arrived at Osaka, Japan, on 06 Feb 1961, to be broken
up.
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Commanding Officers |
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Capt Edmond Rollo Mainguy, OBE,
RCN - 21 Oct 1944 - 04 Jul 1946 |
Capt Kenneth (Ken) Frederick Adams,
RCN - 05 Jul 1946 - 01 Aug 1947 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
- Book of Remembrance entry 
- Grave or burial information
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BRUZZESE,
Anthony Vincent
AB, V/67430, RCNVR
died - 31 Aug 1945
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DUMONT,
Joseph Edward
PO, A/485, RCNR
MPK - 26 Jun 1945
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PHILLIPS,
Caswell Ivan
L/Sto, V/51352, RCNVR
MPK - 02 Apr 1945
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RORISON,
Robert James
Sto, 22142, RCN
MPK - 12 Jul 1945
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STUART,
George Eaton
L/Stwd, 40618, RCN
died - 11 Apr
1946
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B
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Ades,
A. Glen
1927-2014 |
Anderson,
Hugh Lorne
____-____ |
Anderson,
Thomas James
1919-2006
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Baker,
Roy Harold
1923-2014
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Banfield,
Nelson Ralph
1917-2007 |
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Barclay,
John Wolfran Cornwall
1916-2009
Drafted to Uganda on 23 Apr 1944 as
Paym/Lt, RCN |
Bedford,
K. Darrell
____-2003
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Bell,
Joseph A.
1922-1995 |
Boggild,
Kai Hugh
____-2002
Served in Uganda in 1945 as Lt
(N), RCN, NavO. |
Bonner,
Albert Leo
1917-2004
Served in Uganda as Chief Yeoman
of Signals, RCNVR
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Botham,
Gordon Jack
1925-2012
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Bowditch,
William Watson
1918-2010
Drafted to
Uganda on 05 Jun 1944 as
Gnr, RCN, Stand by
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Bradford,
Sydney Howard 1929-2016 |
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C-D |
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Carpenter,
Frank E.
1911-1992
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Carson, Rodney William
Gerald
1926-2015
Served in Uganda 28 Aug 1945 -
11 Sep 1945
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Cavenagh,
Orfeur John Alan
1925-2015
Served in Uganda in 1944 and 1948
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Chadwick,
Ernest Maurice 1921-2008
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Clarke,
Edward Newton 1914-2011 Drafted to
Uganda on 24 Apr 1945 as A/LCdr,
RCN
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Daigle,
Fernand
____-2012
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Davidson,
Alexander
____-2008
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Davidson,
Herbert M.
____-2012
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Day,
Arthur David
Served in Uganda during WW II |
Dixon,
Douglas Charles
____-2008 |
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Dowling,
Herbert Edward
1907-1978
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Down,
John Trenchard 1921-2003
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E-F |
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Fathers,
Francis Onesimus
1926-2012 |
Ferguson,
Elmer Alexander
1926-2016 |
Finch-Noyes,
Edward William
1909-1982
Served in Uganda in 1945 as XO |
Fischer,
Lambert Nicholas
1927-2014 |
Fletcher,
Jackson
____-2006 |
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Forster,
Roy
1927-2012
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Fox,
Alexander Edward
1925-2001
Served in Uganda in 1944 as
Midshipman
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Fraser,
C.L. 1920-2004
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Frewer,
Frederick Charsley 1922-2004 |
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G-H |
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Galway,
Ronald E.
1926-2001
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German,
Andrew Barry Crawfurd ____-2011
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Gerrior,
Marshall James
1927-2004
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Guest,
Albert A. ____-1950
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Guthrie,
Maxwell Clark
1919-2011
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Hainsworth,
John
1921-2014
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Hamer,
Thomas W.
____-1998
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Heffernan,
George J.
____-2003
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Howarth, William
1923-2016
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Hrynkiw,
John ____-1998
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I-J
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Iggulden,
Andrew J.
____-2003
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K-L |
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Kennedy,
William Carter
1922-2011 |
Kenny,
H. Edward ____-2003
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Kirk,
Anton
1914-2008 |
Kite,
Albert Francis
____-2015 |
Kitney,
Paul W.
____-1998 |
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Kraft,
Alexander Isaac
____-2010 |
Landymore,
William Moss
1916-2008
Drafted to
Uganda on 05 Jun 1944 as Lt, RCN, Stand
by |
Lane,
Robert L.
1920-2013
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Latham,
James Oswald
____-2005
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Latreille,
Armand George
____-2008
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Lennox,
Robert H. 1918-2002
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Livingstone,
James Ivan
____-2014
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Lower,
Richard Ernest
1924-2009
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M-N |
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MacFarlane,
George Richard
1922-2000
Drafted to Uganda 01 Jul 1945 as
Slt, RCN |
MacGillivray,
John
1909-1988
Served in Uganda in 1945, In
Charge of Machinery |
MacKenzie,
Harold Arthur
____-2012 |
Mainguy, Edmond
Rollo
1901-1979
1st Commanding Officer |
Malott, Earl
1922-1997
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Marcus,
Daniel Leonard
____-2008
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Marshall,
Robert Benjamin
1924-2009
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McNevin,
Sydney Raymond
1922-2012 |
Moir,
Harvey R.
1928-2014 |
Mowat, Sid
____-____ |
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Myers,
Frank S. 1928-2017
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Nipius,
Reginald George
1918-2008
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O-P |
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O'Keeffe,
Francis Montgomery
1925-2007 |
O'Neil,
William R.
____-2013 |
Payne,
Gerald
____-2016 |
Perdue,
John Joseph
1923-2011
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Peterson,
Lloyd Edward
1919-2010
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Phillips,
Stanley
(nee Aspeslet)
____-2012
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Pickford,
Reginald
John
1920-2012
Served in Uganda in 1946 as
Lt, RCN, NavO
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Pollard,
Edward
1925-2016
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Pullen,
Hugh, Francis
1905-1983
Drafted to Uganda 26 Jul 1944 as
Cdr, RCN, stand by // 21 Oct 1944 as Cdr,
RCN, XO
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Q-R |
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Ramage,
Melville
____-2004 |
Rashbrook,
Gerald W.
1924-2009 |
Rath,
William James
1925-2013 |
Reid,
John Maxwell
____-2005
Served in Uganda in 1946 as
QR2, RCN |
Rennick,
John
____-2003 |
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Restall, Lawrence
Alexander
1922-2006 |
Richardson, Charles Edward
____-1984
Served in Uganda as Lt, RCN |
Rivington,
George Neville Campbell
1920-2011 |
Robarts,
John Parmenter
1917-1982
Served in Uganda during WW II
as A/C Recognition Officer |
Roggeveen,
Paul Adrian
____-2014 |
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Smith,
John Lodington
1924-2011 |
Smith,
Robert Neville Gowers 1925-2001 |
Somers,
George Henry
1921-2009
Drafted to Uganda 25 Jun 1946
as Lt (E), RCN |
St.
Dennis, Orval
____-2002 |
Stewart,
Kenneth Grant
1924-2010
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Sturdy,
Ferris Durnin
1920-2007 |
Sygrove, Frederick
1924-2011 |
Tassell,
Allan
1923-2016
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Taylor,
George Wilfred
1920-2016 |
Templeton,
Robert Alexander
1925-2006
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Teoli,
Francis Nelson
____-2016
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Thomas,
Joseph
____-2004
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Totten,
Clifford
1926-2007
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Tudor,
Maurice McKee 1918-2004
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Turner,
Alec E. 1924-2014 Served
in Uganda 1945-1947
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Turner,
John Michael
1922-2011
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Walker,
Leslie
1918-2009 |
Walls,
Bertram Robert
1920-2005 |
Washbrook,
Harold
____-2007 |
Watson,
John
1922-2009 |
Way,
Clifford James
1922-2007 |
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Webber, Reginald Amand
1929-1968
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White,
Charles DeWolf ____-1950
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Wilson,
Robert
1922-1998
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Wright,
James Edward 1926-2005
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Ship's Mascots
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Cordite
Wartime Mascot
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Former Crew Members
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Barlor, Frank Ernest, Gnr (T), RCN - 08 May 1944 (Stand by)
Barnes, Garth, AB - 1945
Bedwell, George E. 
Bennett, Orval Walter, Ord Lt, RCN - 29 Jul 1946
Blackie, Arthur Robert, Wt (E), RCN - 30 Jun 1944
Bourassa, André, AB, Stwd, RCN - 1955
Brebner, Walter Bruce, Lt, RCNVR - 29 Jun 1944
Brigham, M.M., AB - 1945
Butler, Gerry
Caldwell, John Birch, A/LCdr (E) (WHA), RCN - 05 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Chalu, Sidney Arthur Mowatt, Slt, RCN - 15 Jun 1946
Crombie, Kenneth Reeves, Slt, RCN - 01 Jul 1946
Docker, Thomas, Wt (E), RCN - 14 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Dow, William, A/Gnr, RCN - 21 Jun 1946
Down, Albert Ernest Robert, Wt/Shpt, RCN - 19 May 1946
Elstone, Tom, PO
Evans, Leslie Murray, Wt (E), RCN - 22 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Elliott, Herbert Lane, LCdr (E), RCNR - 28 Jun 1944
Feir, Ronald Allan
Gaynor, Beverley Emerson, A/LCdr (S), RCN - 15 Jun 1946
Giroux,
Gordon, LS, Stwd, RCN - 1955
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Goodyear,
Stanley Charles, Wt (El), RCN - 08 May 1944 (Stand by)
Graham,
Douglas Kenneth Moody, A/Cdr (S), RCN - 10 Jun 1946
Harley,
Frank, A/LCdr (E), RCN - 05 Jul 1946
Hayman,
Gordon, LS, Stwd - 1955
Hindle,
Hamilton Francis, Wt (E), RCN - 30 Jun 1945
Johns,
Leonard Raymond, Wt (E), RCN - 05 Jun 1946
Karagianis,
Leslie, Lt (S), RCN - 1955
Keate, James Stuart, Lt (SB), RCNVR - 04 Feb 1945
Kuzma, Paul, AB - 1945
Littler, LCdr - 1944
Marks, John, AB, Stwd, RCN - 1955
McCandless, Henry Alexander, A/Paym/Cdr (WHA), RCN - 27 Jun 1944
(Stand by)
McDerby, Charles Leonard, Gnr, RCN - 05 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
McFayden, Edward Arnold, A/Gnr, RCN - 05 Jun 1946
Moore, W.C., AB - 1945
Moses, Gerald Milne, Lt (SB), RCNVR - 07 Feb 1945
Okros,
Richard Dennis
Quinn, Howard Lee, LCdr, RCN - 31 May 1946
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Ramsey, Ales, LS, A-6208
Renvik, John, PO ERA
Sinclair, Peter H., Cdr (S), RCN - 1955
Spergel, Gordon Dean, P/A/Ord Slt, RCN - 29 Jul 1946
Stewart, George Charles, Lt (E), RCN - 10 Jul 1946
Stewart,
John Marshall (Marsh), Lt (P), RCN - 28 Jun 1946
Sturgeon, Clarence Alfred, Cd (G), RCN - 05 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Svenningson, Freeman, Lt (E), RCNVR - 25 Jun 1944
Tanbling, S.A., Stoker - 1945
Taylor, Harry Ernest,, Lt, RCN - 27 Jul 1945
Taylor, J.L., AB - 1945
Titsign, E., Stoker - 1945
Torrie, Arthur Bruce, Slt, RCN - 01 Jul 1946
Toye, John McCardle, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 29 Jul 1944
Tuttle,
Ernest - 1946
Vecqueray, Richard J.
(Dick) - 6 Nov 45 - 17 Jul 1947
Veerge, George Howard, Wt/Ord, RCN - 05 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Warren, Reginald, AB, Stwd, RCN - 1955
White, Richard Paul, LCdr (T), RCNVR - 05 Jun 194 (Stand by)
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