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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

Service information for: 

 

Robert (Bob) Theriault

 

Petty Officer 1st Class, Signalman, 10977-E, RCN

 

As of 2019, Bob is alive and well.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS ANTIGONISH

HMCS BEACON HILL

HMCS CAYUGA - Served in Cayuga 1950-1951 during her Korean War tour

HMCS CRESCENT

HMCS CRUSADER - Served in Crusader 1953-1954 during her Korean War tour

HMCS DIGBY

HMCS FRASER

HMCS ONTARIO

HMCS ST CROIX

HMCS ST LAURENT

HMCS SKEENA

 

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(1) Portrait of P2SG Theriault  (2) Bob "Lost in the jungle on Vancouver Island"  (3) Souvenir of Tokyo, Japan  (4) Crossing the Line Certificate - P2SG3 Theriault - 09 Feb 1960, HMCS Antigonish 301  (5) Portrait of AB.SG Theriault  (6) LS.SG Theriault ashore in Japan - 1958

 

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(7-8) Certificate and Letter of Appreciation for Korean War service  (9) Remembering lost friends and shipmates  (10) Newspaper clippings on Korean War  (11) Home Coming monument - Dedicated to those returning home from Korean War Service  (12) Bob (centre) and friends - 1948

 

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(13) Seagull Club, Halifax, NS, 1948 - Bob 1st on right  (14-16) Bob Theriault  (17-18) Bob's Rank, trade badges and ribbon bar

 

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"Bud and Merle tie the knot - 21 Apr 1957"

Protestant Chapel, HMCS Naden

 

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(21) Bob as staff at the Comm School, HMCS Cornwallis, 1961  (22) Bob, down the road a piece at Deep Brook, NS  (23) Bob at Deep Brook, NS  (24) Bob training sea cadets at HMCS Quadra  (25) Bob Theriault receiving his life membership pin - Petty Officer Mess, CFB Esquimalt - 1969  (26) Ship's crews visiting Tokyo - 1958. Mixture of crews from the ships of the squadron that were in port - Cayuga, Athabaskan, Sioux and possibly others.  (27) Join the Navy - See the World.  Bob's map of port visits during his time in.

 


 

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