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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
LEMIEUX, Joseph Edward, Sto PO, D.S.M., B.E.M., 21248, RCN, MPK - 22 Oct 1940, HMCS MARGAREE - Son of Honore Lemieux, and of Annie Lemieux, of Ottawa, Ontario; husband of Evangeline Margaret Lemieux, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Stoker Petty Officer Lemieux died when his ship, HMCS MARGAREE, was struck by the freighter SS Port Fairy while in convoy and was sunk. 143 of her crew were lost, 86 of them were survivors of HMCS FRASER.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 29 Oct 1928 as a Stoker 2nd Class, RCN HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 01 Mar 1929 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 16 Aug 1929 * Rated Stoker 1st Class, RCN 29 Oct 1929 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 17 Jan 1931 HMS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 05 Apr 1931 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 09 Jun 1931 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 30 Jul 1932 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 09 Sep 1932 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 23 Nov 1933 HMCS VICTORY - Drafted to VICTORY 30 Dec 1933 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 21 Apr 1934 HMCS SKEENA - Drafted to SKEENA 11 Aug 1934 HMCS ARMENTIERES - Drafted to ARMENTIERES 01 Jan 1935 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 01 Oct 1935 * Rated Acting Leading Stoker, RCN 01 May 1936 HMCS VANCOUVER - Drafted to VANCOUVER 13 May 1936 HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 24 Nov 1936 HMCS FRASER - Drafted to FRASER 22 Jan 1937 * Rated Leading Stoker, RCN 01 May 1937 * Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer, RCN 01 Jun 1938 * Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCN 01 Jun 1939 * Survived the sinking of HMCS Fraser on 25 Jun 1940 HMCS MARGAREE - Drafted to MARGAREE 06 Jun 1940 * Commissioning crew
Service file for Joseph Lemieux Source: The Library and Archives of Canada
Second World War Casualty Index
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