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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
CHAPMAN, Frederick Harold - was a fishing guide, mercolized wax producer and worked at Gibbard's Furniture Shop making cabinets before enlisting in the RCNVR on 04 Sep 1940 in Kingston, Ontario. He served in HMCS HURON and HMCS HAIDA in the North Atlantic, European waters and on the Murmansk Run. He suffered injuries to one eye and ear from gunfire burns. Towards the end of the war he was employed ashore in clerical duties. He was demobilized on 28 Aug 1945 as an OS. After the war he worked for Lennox Foods, then as a production worker at Millhaven Fibres, and later, self employed as a cabinet maker andboat builder in Bath.
Ships served in: KINGSTON DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 04 Sep 1940 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA Nov 1940 HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA May 1941 HMCS ROSTHERN - Drafted to ROSTHERN Jun 1941 HMCS SAMBRO (VENTURE) - Drafted to VENTURE Jul 1941 HMCS ROSTHERN - Drafted to ROSTHERN Aug 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA Sep 1941 HMCS ROSTHERN - Drafted to ROSTHERN Oct 1941 HMCS MAHONE - Drafted to MAHONE Apr 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA Apr 1942 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS May 1942 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE May 1943 HMCS CHATHAM (Royal Naval Base) - Drafted to CHATHAM Jun 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE Jul 1943 HMCS HURON - Drafted to HURON Jul 1943
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