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Lester Harold Edgar (Les) Lowe

 

Able Seaman Submarine Detector, V57208, RCNVR

 

Born: 10 May 1924, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

 

Died: 12 Mar 1961, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

 

Son of Harold Cecil Lowe and Gladys Mary Wall.  Les is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Burnaby, British Columbia.

 

Walt Johnson, Bruce Catto and Les Lowe were wartime friends and maintained contact after the war.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS DISCOVERY - Enlisted in the RCNVR 15 Mar 1943

* Commenced Active Service 13 May 1943 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCNVR

HMCS PROTECTOR II - Drafted to PROTECTOR II 16 May 1943

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 14 Jul 1943

HMCS HUSKY - Drafted to HUSKY 11 Sep 1943 for Seamanship Training while in training at HMCS CORNWALLIS

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 18 Sep 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 11 Jan 1944

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 19 Jan 1944

HMCS QU'APPELLE - Drafted to QU'APPELLE 03 May 1944

 * Able Seaman, RCNVR 13 May 1944

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 02 Feb 1945

HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 20 Mar 1945

* Re-Qual as Submarine Detector, RCNVR 17 Mar 1945

HMCS LOCKEPORT - Drafted to LOCKEPORT 30 Mar 1945

HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 26 May 1945

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 30 Jul 1945

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 12 Sep 1945

HMCS DISCOVERY - Drafted to DISCOVERY 07 Oct 1945

* Demobilized 02 Nov 1945

 

Certificate of Service for Lester Lowe

Source: The Library and Archives of Canada

 


 

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