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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS LEASIDE
K492
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HMCS Leaside K492
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Laid down: 23
Sep
1943 Launched: 10
Mar 1944
Transferred to the RCN:
21 Aug 1944
Commissioned: 21
Aug 1944
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Paid off: 16
Nov 1945
Fate:
Scuttled in Jan 1979
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Laid down and launched as HMS Walmer
Castle K460, she was transferred to the RCN and commissioned on 21
Aug 1944, at Middlesbrough as HMCS Leaside K492. Following workups at Tobermory in
Sep 1944 Leaside arrived at Londonderry early in Oct 1944 to join EG
C-8, then forming. She sailed on 22 Oct 1944 to meet ON.261, her
first convoy, and served the rest of the war as an ocean escort. On 11 May 1945, HMCS Leaside
K492, HMCS Edmundston K106 and HMCS Poundmaker K675 departed
Londonderry for the last time as escort for convoy ONS.50. Leaside left St. John's in
Jun 1945 for Esquimalt, where she was
paid off for disposal on 16 Nov 1945. Sold in 1946 to the Union
Steamship Co., Vancouver, she was converted to a coastal passenger
vessel and renamed Coquitlam. In 1950 she was renamed Glacier Queen.
In 1970 she stripped in anticipation of becoming a floating
restaurant but the plans for the restaurant fell thought and she was
left as a hulk. The hulk sank in Cook Inlet, Alaska, on 08 Nov 1978, but was raised and towed to sea and scuttled in
Jan 1979.
Ship's
company photos Photos
and Documents
Convoys escorted during WW II
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Convoy Desig. |
Convoy Departs from |
Arrives at |
Join as escort |
Depart Convoy |
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ON.261 |
Southend (20 Oct 1944) |
New York City (05 Nov 1944) |
22 Oct 1944 |
31 Oct 1944 |
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HX.318
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New York City (04 Nov 1944) |
Liverpool (19 Dec 1944) |
10 Nov 1944 |
19 Nov 1944 |
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ON.269 |
Liverpool (29 Nov 1944) |
New York City (15 Dec 1944) |
29 Nov 1944 |
09 Dec 1944 |
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SC.163 |
Halifax (17 Dec 1944) |
Liverpool (31 Dec 1944) |
20 Dec 1944 |
30 Dec 1944 |
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ONS.40 |
Liverpool (12 Jan 1945) |
Halifax (30 Jan 1945) |
13 Jan 1945 |
25 Jan 1945 |
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HX.335
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New York City (28 Jan 1945)
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Liverpool (10 Feb 1945) |
02 Feb 1945 |
10 Feb 1945 |
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ON.286 |
Liverpool (21 Feb 1945) |
New York City (09 Mar 1945) |
21 Feb 1945 |
04 Mar 1945 |
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HX.343
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New York City (09 Mar 1945) |
Liverpool (24 Mar 1945) |
14 Mar 1945 |
24 Mar 1945 |
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ONS.46 |
Liverpool (02 Apr 1945) |
Halifax (20 Apr 1945) |
02 Apr 1945 |
16 Apr 1945 |
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HX.351
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New York City (18 Apr 1945) |
Liverpool (03 May 1945) |
23 Apr 1945 |
03 May 1945 |
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ONS.50
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Liverpool (11 May 1945) |
Halifax (29 May 1945) |
12 May 1945 |
23 May 1945 |
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt Gordon Guthrie Keith
Holder, RCNVR - 21 Aug 1944 - 15 Jun 1945
Lt Harold Brynolfson, RCNVR - 16 Jun
1945 - 30 Aug 1945 |
LCdr Charles Patrick Balfry, RCNR - 01 Sep 1945 - 16 Nov
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
- Book of Remembrance entry 
- Grave or burial information
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PATERSON,
John Archibald
Sick Berth Attendant, V/88925,
RCNVR
died - 08 May 1945
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B |
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Burdon,
Thomas Holland
1919-2013
Served in Leaside 03 Jul 1944 -
Jul 1945 as
Lt, RCNVR, X.O. |
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C-D
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Cockburn,
Alfred J.
____-2011 |
Collishaw,
Walter
____-1956 |
Connor,
Harry Pache
____-2002 |
Dubeau,
Edward Roland
1926-2007 |
Dynes,
Donald V.
1915-2002 |
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G-H |
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Gray,
John
Ferguson
1924-2000 |
Gregor,
James Hill
____-2005 |
Harnick,
Joseph A.
1924-2006 |
Hatfield,
Donald Malcolm
1925-2008 |
Holder,
Gordon Guthrie Keith 1920-1966
Drafted to Leaside 03 Jul 1944 as
Lt, RCNVR (Standby), CO. 1st
Commanding Officer
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K-L |
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Kearney,
George Alfred
1923-2016 |
Kellas,
Archie
1916-2007 |
Kidd,
Peter Fides
c1903-1980
Drafted to Leaside 08 May 1944 as
Wt (E), RCNR, Engineering Officer
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Kirkpatrick,
William Murray
1919-2011 |
Lariviere,
Jean 1924-2012 Served
in Leaside 1944 - 1945 |
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M-N |
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Mannion, George
____-1998 |
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Q-R |
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Ross, Frederick Ormond
____-2001 |
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S-T |
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Saxton,
Joseph Patrick
1926-2010 |
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W-X |
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Wigmore,
Gerald A.
1925-2006 |
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Y-Z |
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Zaphe, Gerald
Gray
1913-1992
Drafted to Leaside 12 Jul 1944 as
Lt, RCNVR |
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Former Crew Members
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Brine,
Bill, Sto PO - 1945 (of Springhill, NS)
Brockhurst,
Norman William, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Crout,
Leslie Eden, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1945
Dupre,
Yvon A., Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
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Galarneau,
Andre, AB - 1945 (of Montreal, QC)
Lemon,
Kenneth Armstrong, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 30 May 1945
Mitchell,
Arthur, A/CPO - 1945 (of Calgary, AB)
Mulley,
John Wallace, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1945
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Reid,
William Charles, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Mar 1945
Southee,
George Alfred, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Stechyson
- 1945
Strackhan,
Hugh, C.E.R.A. - 1945 (of Cumberland, BC)
Tanner,
John James, A/Wt (E), RCN - 29 May 1945
Young,
Paul, Ch/Sto - 1945 (of Halifax)
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS Leaside K492 on her commissioning day
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |
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Newspaper article on the commissioning of HMCS Leaside
K492
Officers mentioned in the article: Lt G.G.K.
Holder, CO; Lt T.H. Burdon, 1st Lt (XO); Lt G.A. Southee, Navo
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |
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HMCS Leaside - Dedication pamphlet (cover)
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |
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Two officers by ship's badge in the wardroom of
HMCS Leaside K492
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |
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Sing-a-long in the Wardroom on HMCS Leaside
K492
Lt Gerald Zaphe - standing, 1st on right
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |
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HMCS Leaside Christmas Card - 1944
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke
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Newspaper article on a sing-along on HMCS
Leaside
Crow's Nest Newspaper - Apr 1945 |
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HMCS Leaside's bell
The
bell is being kept in a display case at Leaside High School,
Leaside, Ontario.
Courtesy of Patricia Baker |
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HMCS Leaside - location unknown
From the collection of Jean Lariviere
Courtesy of Danielle Lariviere |
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