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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: OTTAWA DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 08 Nov 1939 (The Nauticapedia) HMCS PRINCE DAVID - Drafted to PRINCE DAVID in 1939 (The Nauticapedia) * Rated Leading Seaman, RCNVR (The Nauticapedia) HMCS COLUMBIA (The Nauticapedia) HMCS LLEWELLYN (The Nauticapedia) * Commissioned from the ranks * Appointed Probationer Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR (Navy List Aug 1943) HMCS KINGS - Appointed to KINGS, LL Division for Disposal or Under Training 28 Aug 1943 (Navy List Aug 1943 / The Nauticapedia) * Appointed Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR (seniority 19 Jul 1943) (Navy List Feb 1944) ML-Q072 - Appointed to Q072 06 Dec 1943 as 1st Lieutenant * Appointed Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR 19 Jul 1944 (Navy List Nov 1944) ML-Q073 - Appointed to Q073 14 Aug 1944 as 1st Lieutenant (Navy List Nov 1944) ML-Q077 - Appointed to Q077 30 Apr 1945 as CO. Served as CO 30 Apr 1945-19 Jul 1945 (Macpherson / Burgess - Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981) * Transferred to the RCN as a Lt, RCN (seniority 19 Jul 1944) (Navy List Apr 1946) * Loaned to the Royal Navy (Navy List Apr 1946) HMS VENGEANCE - Appointed to VENGEANCE in 1945 (The Nauticapedia) HMS MERMAID - Appointed to MERMAID in 1946 (The Nauticapedia) HMCS IROQUOIS - Drafted to IROQUOIS 17 Apr 1947 (Navy List Apr 1947) HMCS HAIDA - Served in HAIDA in 1948 (Research by Neil Bell, LCdr, Ret'd) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX 30 Aug 1948 (Navy List Jan 1949) * Appointment Terminated - Service Completed - 25 Jan 1949 as a Lt, RCN (Navy List Jul 1949)
(DL01) Petty Officer Douglas Lester, rear, centre. Others in the photo unknown (DL02-DL03) Hiroshima circa late 1945
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