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HMCS
ONTARIO C32
Minotaur
Class Light Cruiser
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HMCS ONTARIO C32
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Laid down: 20
Nov
1941
Launched: 29
Jul 1943
Commissioned: 26
Apr 1945
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Paid off: 15
Oct 1958
Fate: Broken up at Osaka, Japan,
1960-61
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Laid down by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, as HMS
Minotaur, she was presented to the RCN and, on 26 Apr 1945,
commissioned at Belfast as HMCS ONTARIO. She was completed on 25 May
1945, and after trials and workups, left the Clyde River on 02 Jul
1945 for
the Pacific via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. ONTARIO joined
the 4th Cruiser Squadron, British Pacific Fleet, too late to see war
service, but was employed in a variety of duties which took her to
Hong Kong, Manila, and Japan. She arrived at Esquimalt on 27 Nov
1945 for refit.
In Oct 1948, ONTARIO was joined by the destroyers
CAYUGA, ATHABASKAN, CRESCENT and the frigate ANTIGONISH in sailing to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the
largest deployment of the Royal Canadian Navy following the war. In Jan
1949, ONTARIO took part in the largest training cruise by the Royal Canadian
Navy to that date which included the aircraft carrier MAGNIFICENT, the
destroyers HAIDA, ATHABASKAN and the frigate ANTIGONISH. The group,
designated CTF 215, participated in naval exercises with US and British
vessels in the Caribbean Sea. In Feb 1951, ONTARIO sailed to Australia,
taking part in joint naval exercises with the Royal Australian Navy. On the
way the ship made several port visits, returning to Canada in June. In Oct
1951, ONTARIO sailed to the east coast where after arrival, Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh sailed on the cruiser from
Sydney, Nova Scotia, through the Cabot Strait to Newfoundland during the
Royal Visit. She returned to Esquimalt following the tour, arriving in
December. From Sep to Dec 1952, ONTARIO sailed around South America on a
training cruise, making several port visits. While entering the harbour at
Buenos Aires, she was overtaken by the merchant vessel SS Arauco and struck
amidships. The ship continued on her cruise until arriving at Rio de Janeiro
on 6 November. There it was found that the starboard propellers were
damaged. The outer propeller was removed and repairs were made to the inner
one. After nearly two weeks at Rio de Janeiro, ONTARIO was forced to return
to Esquimalt at a reduced speed.
On 15 Jun 1953 ONTARIO took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In Jan 1954, ONTARIO began a training
cruise across the Pacific, visiting Australia, New Zealand and Tonga before
returning to Esquimalt in April. ONTARIO performed a three-month training
cruise to Australia and New Zealand in early 1955, returning to Canada on 02
Apr 1955. She then departed on 25 Apr1955 for a four-month cruise of Europe.
Late that year she departed Esquimalt for a 2-month summer training cruise
along the coasts of North and South America, going as far south as Ecuador.
She returned to port on 10 August after meeting the Second Canadian Escort
Squadron off the coast of California.
ONTARIO was paid off on 15 October 1958. The ship was sold to a west
coast firm which began but did not finish the job of breaking up the ship at
Vancouver. The ship was resold, along with HMCS Quebec to Mitsui and Co. of
Japan. She arrived at Osaka for breaking up on 19 November 1960.
RCN Memories:
A
Princess was born A
Whale's Tail An ONTARIO Christmas - 1950 First
Breakfast at Sea Hide
and Seek at Sea The
Big "O's" Guns
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell Wartime
dairy of Jim Silvester
Personal
photo gallery of Nick
Memento of the visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh to HMCS ONTARIO on 3 - 5 November 1951
Paying
Off Programme - 15 Oct 1958
Commanding Officers
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Capt Harold Taylor Wood
Grant, DSO,
RCN - 26 Apr 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Cdr Ernest Patrick Tisdall,
RCN - 01 Jan 1946 - 04 Mar 1946
Capt Frederick Gordon
Hart,
RCN - 05 Mar 1946 - 14 Jun 1946
Cdr Jeffry Vanstone Brock, DSC,
RCN - 15 Jun 1946 - 29 Jun 1947
Capt James (Jimmy) Calcutt Hibbard, DSC
& Bar, RCN - 30 Jun 1947 - 13 Jul 1949
Capt Hugh Francis Pullen, OBE,
RCN - 14 Jul 1949 - 24 Aug 1951 |
Capt Ernest Patrick Tisdall,
RCN - 25 Aug 1951 - 03 Mar 1953
Capt Duncan Lindsay Raymond,
RCN - 04 Mar 1953 - 14 Sep 1954
Capt D.W. Groos, DSC,
RCN - 15 Sep 1954 - 22 Aug 1956
Capt R.P. Welland, DSC
& Bar, RCN - 23 Aug 1956 - 21 Aug 1957
Capt J.C. Little,
RCN - 22 Aug 1957 - 31 Aug 1958
Cdr D.G. Padmore,
RCN - 01 Sep 1958 - 15 Oct 1958 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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QUINN,
Dennis A.
OS.LMS, RCN
died - 12 Jul 1957
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SANDERSON,
George F,
SB. PO,
RCNVR
died - 17 Jan 1946
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SPINNEY,
Wilbur R,
Lt, RCNVR
died - 03 Jun 1945
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VINCETT,
Harvey L.
AB, RCN
died - 09 Jan 1953
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Adair,
Donald M.
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Adamowski,
Edward J. |
Adderson,
John W. |
Addison,
Herbert T. |
Adolphe,
Ralph
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Alexander,
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Allen,
Alexander P.
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Anderson,
Hugh L.
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Anderson,
Joseph C.
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Anderson,
Norman G.A. |
Armit,
William
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Arntson,
Maurice J.
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Arsenych,
Myron D.
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Arthurs,
Walter
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Avery,
Ainslie
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Ba-Bi
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Baker,
Ernest S. |
Baldwin,
Robert G.
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Balfour,
James P.
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Ball, Frank
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Barlow,
Edgar
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Barrick,
Geoffrey
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Bartram,
Vincent J.
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Bates,
Alan W.
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Beech, James
V.
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Bell,
James D.
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Bell, James W.
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Bell-Irving, Brian
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Bemister, Herbert G.
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Benson,
George F. A.
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Bernard, Pierre Y.
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Bernays, Max
L.
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Bielby,
Victor
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Bing,
John B.
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Birch, Stanley
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Bird,
Frederick
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Bird, Roy
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Bissell, Philip, G.
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Blais, Norman F.
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Blosser,
Frank E.
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Blanchard,
Arthur P.
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Bjola, Leonard
N.J.
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Boase, John B.
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Boddy,
Frank
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Bolt,
George M.
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Bond,
Jean-Noel
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Bonoyer,
Roger A. |
Booth,
Harold H.
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Bottomley,
John
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Boughton,
Donald R.
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Bowditch,
William W.
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Boyle,
Douglas S.
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Bradford,
Sydney H. |
Bradt,
George A. |
Bridges,
Richard J.B.
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Bridgman,
Arthur G. |
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Brock,
Jeffry V.
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Broster, G.
Arnold
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Brown, Donal
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Brown, Gordon
R.
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Brown,
John Q.H.
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Brown,
Kenneth F.
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Brown,
William DeW.
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Brownsey,
Lionel J. S.
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Bruner,
Garvin R.
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Bucci,
Gerald
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Budge,
Patrick D.
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Bugslag,
John C.
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Burck,
David
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Burgess,
William A.
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Burke,
Patrick J.
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Burnett,
Kenneth
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Butler,
Albert H.
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Butt,
Malcolm D.
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Butters, Ian
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Buzza,
Percival C.
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Byer,
Cecil A. |
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Cadwallader,
Charles W.A.
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Cain,
Arthur
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Cairney,
John D.
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Calderbank,
Kenneth R,
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Caldwell, Frank B.
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Caldwell, Ralph L.
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Cameron,
Allan
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Campbell, David
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Canning,
Isaac G.
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Carruthers,
John G.
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Cartmill,
John
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Carver,
Robert J.
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Chadwick,
Edward A.
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Chalmers,
James H.
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Chambers,
Ronald J.
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Chandler,
Thomas H.
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Chaney,
Lawrence |
Chorneyko,
Oleh
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Churcher,
Walter R.
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Clark,
Ernest W.
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Clark,
George
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Clark,
Howard V.
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Clark,
Lloyd M.
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Cochrane,
Adam
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Cole, Leslie
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Collins,
David A.
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Comeau, Hugh
R.
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Cook,
Fred C.
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Copley,
Lloyd G.
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Cox,
Peter S.
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Crickard,
Frederick W.
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Crisp,
Nelson W.
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Cumming,
James M.
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Cuthbert,
Lawrence J.
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Cutler,
David B.
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Dale, T.
Leslie
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Dallin,
Edward E.
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Darby, John F. |
Darveau, J.H. Maurice |
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Davis,
Donald Mc. |
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Davison,
James M.
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Dawson,
Eric J.
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Dayton,
Arthur D.
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Dayton,
Francis J.
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Deane, John
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DeBoice,
Jarvis
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Costa, Edward L.
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deKergommeaux,
Denis
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Derbyshire,
William S.
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Diggins,
Jerry
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Dixon,
Donald B.
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Doutaz,
George E.
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Down,
John T.
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Downs,
Steve
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Doyle,
Richard
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Driemel,
Harry H.
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Dubois,
Bernard
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Dubuc,
Maurice T.
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Duckworth, Roy
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Dufour,
George
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Duiven,
Richard C.
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Dunahee,
Harvey J.
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Dunbar,
Roy
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Dyck,
Henry W.
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Lawrence
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Fairhurst,
John T.
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Farrington,
Lawrence
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Farquharson,
Kenneth L. |
Fawcett,
John D.
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Fell, John
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Lloyd A. |
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Ferguson,
Elmer A.
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Ferris,
Leonard R.
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Finch-Field,
Reginald D.
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Finkbeiner, Eugene
P.
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Fisher,
Eric
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Fitchett,
Roy E.
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Ford,
Stanley P.
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Fox,
John H. |
Fraser,
Norman L.
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Fraser,
Robert N.
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Freeman,
David H.
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Gallo,
Mike
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Gammon,
Bryan T.
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Gardner,
Martin B.
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Gardner,
Thomas W.
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Garrioch,
Robert Mc.
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Gerrior,
Marshall J.
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Gillard,
George L.
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Gillespie,
Robert D.
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Gordon,
Raymond T.
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Gorman,
Andrew D. |
Gosh,
Eugene
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George |
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Govan, Brian
F.
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Grant,
Frank
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Gouldie,
Gordon C.
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Grant,
Harold B.
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Grant,
Harold T.W.
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Green,
Robert Mac.
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Greengrass,
Frederick C.
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Greig,
Robert W.
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Grivel,
George A.
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Gunning,
Charles T.
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Gurr, Gardo
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Hagarty,
Edwin F.
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Hall,
Gordon F.
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Hall,
Robert
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Halderson,
James
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Halliday, Richard
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Hampson,
Robert S.
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Hardy,
Donald H.
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Harrington,
Walter
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Hart,
Frederick G.
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Harwood,
John
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Hawkey,
Robert C.
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Hawrysh,
Frederick J. |
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Hayes,
Godfrey H.
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Hayley,
Al
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Hayward,
Robin B.
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Healey,
Leslie
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Henry,
Robert J.
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Hermiston,
Jack S.
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Hibbard,
James C.
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Hibbert,
William
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Hiltz,
John S.
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Hodgkins,
Frederick W.
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Hodgkin,
William P.
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Holland,
Cedric M.
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Howarth, William
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Hughes,
Victor W.
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Hughes,
Darrel M.
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Hughes,
William A.
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Hunter,
Gerald K.
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Hutchinson,
Glen F.
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Hutchison,
Wallace H.
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Andrew M. |
Jackson,
James Randy
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Jackson,
Leslie A.
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Jackson,
Peter J.
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Jackson,
Roy M.
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Jatiouk,
Donald M.
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Jellett,
John D.
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Jenkinson,
Joseph F.
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Jones,
Gordon G.
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Jones,
Harvey A.
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Joyce, Kenneth
J.F.
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Jupp,
Robert H.
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Justice,
David W.
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Kahler,
Lawrence J.
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Kastner,
George A.
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Kazmiruk,
George D.
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Kearney,
George A.
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Kelbough,
Kenneth M.
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Kenyon,
Chester G.R.
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Kinch,
George F.
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Kinney, Glen
E.
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Kirkaldy,
Lawrence
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Kisby,
Robert W.
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Kobayashi,
John A.
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Kostiuk,
Bohdan J.P.
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Krieger,
Willy
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Krogel,
William F.
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L'Heureux,
Edward J.
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Laker,
Frank R.
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Lambie,
Vincent F. |
Lane,
Robert L.
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Lapadat,
Johnnie S.
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Large, J.
Donald |
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Laurie,
Douglas T.L.
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Lawrence,
James
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Lawless,
James C.
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Leeming,
John McW.
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Leggett,
Harry F.
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Lemon,
Denis E.
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Little,
Sheldon B.
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Little, Vernon
E.
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Logie,
Robert D.
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Longmuir,
Malcolm M.
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Lopeter,
Richard |
Lourme,
Ernest P.
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Loverock,
A.W.
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Lower,
Richard E.
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Lysne,
Jack M.
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MacDonald,
Leo I.
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Mace,
Thomas
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MacGillivray,
John
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Machattie,
Frederick G.W. |
MacIntyre,
Norman E.
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MacKay, Roy A.
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MacPherson,
Ian A. |
Mainguy,
Daniel N. |
Mallory, G.
Raeburn
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Mann,
Clement C.W. |
Mann,
Cyril F.
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Manning,
Vivian C.
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Mannix,
George H.
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Marcus,
Daniel L.
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Marlatt,
Reginald A. |
Mayo,
Mark W. |
McBride,
Donald K.
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McClean,
Ralph L.
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McClelland,
James S.
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McCulley,
William
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McEwan, Henry J.
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McFarland, James M.E.
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McGibbon,
Roy E.C.
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McGowan,
John J.
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McKay,
Graham A.
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McLean,
Elvin R.
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McLeod, Cathel
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McLeod, Frank T.
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McNair, William
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McRae, Allan R.
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Me-My
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Meyers, Edward
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Michalko, Orest
P.R.
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Miller,
David D.
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Miller,
Edward E. |
Minchin, Harry
L.A.
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Mitchell,
Mortimer
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Moore,
Clifford A.
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Moore, Robert
J.
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Morris,
Edward B.
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Munday,
Robert W.
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Muster,
Edward
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Myers,
Frank S.
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Paddon,
Stuart E.
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Page,
Michael H.E.
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Paquette,
Joseph L.
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Parsons,
Harvey
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Parsons,
Lewis S.
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Paterson,
William A.
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Paul,
Robert J.
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Peerless,
George E.
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Peressini,
Luigi A.
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Perkins,
Elwyn J.H.
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Peterson,
Dolphus M.
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Phillips,
Eugene
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Pickford,
Reginald J.
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Pickels,
Aubrey R.
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Pinkney,
John W.
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Pippard,
Frederick A.
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Porter,
Alfred M.
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Poulton,
William G.
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Publicover,
Donald S.
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Pullen,
Hugh, F.
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Sadler,
David H.
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Salter,
Morgan L.
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Sauberli, Robert
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Sauder,
Wilton H.
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Savage,
Francis J.
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Schellenberg,
David J.
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Schmitke,
Edmund G.
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Schuckburgh, Trevor
C.
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Sealy, Earl
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Sears,
George E.
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Seibel,
Arthur J.
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Seip, Harry
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Shannon,
Donald A.
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Simpson,
John B.
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Slade,
John C.
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Smith,
Edward S.
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Smith, Gordon J.
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Smith, Oscar M.
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Smith, Roy
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Smith,
Thomas G.
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Smyth,
Joseph
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Snider,
Stewart G.
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Somers,
George H.
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Sosnkowski,
Joseph
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Southin,
Howard E.
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Spalding,
James D.
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Spark,
Gerald G.
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Spencer,
Alan
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Spencer,
Brian R.
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Spicer,
George
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Staicue,
Roy
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Stephenson, Herbert
C.
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Stegen,
James W.
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Stewart,
James
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Stewart,
Raymond G.
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Stipkala,
John B.
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Strachan, Jack
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Sutherland,
George R.
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Sutherland,
Neil Mc.
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Swonnell,
Horace W. E.
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Tassell,
Allan
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Taylor,
George W.
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Taylor,
Robert D.
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Thibadeau,
Charles C.E.
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Timbrell,
Robert W. |
Tisdall,
Ernest P.
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Todd,
Richard G.
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Thomson,
Donald G.
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Tothe,
Edward S.
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Trudgian,
David J.
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Turnbull,
David T.
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Turner,
Maurice A.
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Waller,
James |
Watt,
George T.
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Watt,
William
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Way,
Clifford J.
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Weigand,
Edwin V.
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Welland,
Robert P.
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Williamson,
Albert C.
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Willson,
Robert A. |
Witt,
Eugene R.
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Worth, Ernest G.
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Wright,
James E.
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Wyber,
William D.
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Yeats,
Ronald G.
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Zabrick,
Demetro
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Leonard T.
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Former Crew Members
EL49 = Electrical Department,
Spring Cruise, Jan 1949
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Abs,
Harold, RP
Amyto,
George Lionel, Inst/Cdr, RCN - 16 May 1949
Anderson,
Jack Ross, A/Cdr (S), RCN - 10 Jun 1948 / 18 Jun 1948
Annesley,
John Crispo Leckie, Lt, RCN - 30 Jun 1947
Armstrong,
James Dunbar, Inst/Cdr, RCN - 31 Jul 1950
Arnison,
Alfred Borden, Cdr (E), RCN - 17 Apr 1946
Austin,
G.W.
Bell,
"Dinger" - 1957
Benson,
Patrick Campbell, LCdr, RCN - 16 May 1949
Bernatchez,
Joseph Louise Philippe, Inst/Lt, RCN - 16 May 1949
Biggs, M., CPO (EL49)
Biskey, F., CPO (EL49)
Bissett,
C. - 1951
Bolus,
Hal Baldwin, Lt (E), RCNVR - 23 Jul 1945
Bowen,
James Gilbert, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Brewer, P2 (EL49)
Brock,
Jeffry (Jeff) Vanstone, Cdr, RCN, XO - 30 Jun 1947
Brown,
Thomas Jackson, LCdr, RCNVR - 01 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Caldwell,
Frank Birch, Lt (T), RCN - 11 Feb 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Cameron,
Arthur Keith, Midshipman (S), RCN - 27 Mar 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr
1945
Carpenter, Ray, LS (EL49)
Chapman,
George William, A.Surg/Cdr, RCN - 15 Jul 1947
Checkan,
John, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Clark,
Roy, Wt/Comm, RCN - 15 Jun 1947
Clarke, LCdr (EL49)
Clemens,
Steven Albert, A/LCdr (S), RCN - 07 Mar 1947
Cockfield,
Alan Stuart, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Corner, Alfred
Rogers 
Costain, John, P2 (EL49)
Coulter,
James Robert, Lt (TAS), RCN - 17 Jul 1949
Craig,
Robert John, Lt (E), RCNVR - 15 Jul 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Crawford,
Hugh Leonard, A/Cdr (L), RCN - 02 Jun 1947
Davidson,
Geoffrey Huntley, LCdr, RCN - 29 Mar 1947 / 30 Jun 1947
Davidson,
Murray Alexander, A/Cdr (S), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Davis,
Lawrence, Lt (S), RCN - 07 Jul 1947
Dawson,
James Keith (Shamus), Midshipman, RCN - 30 May 1949
Deane,
John, Cdr (L), RCN - 10 May 1948
Dickson, Jack, AB (EL49)
Donnithorne,
Richard James Foss, Wt/Ord, RCN - 24 Mar 1947
Dykes, J., CPO (EL49)
Edwards, Ivan Rex, Ch C1 III (Un Ch), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Elcock,
Frank Dudley, Lt (S), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Elcock,
Frank Dudley, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945
Ellis,
Robert Lambert, Lt (TAS), RCN - 01 Jul 1947 / 07 Jun 1948
Emerson,
George Henry, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Falardeau,
George, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jun 1945
Fellner,
Walter George, WT (E), RCN 25 May 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Ferguson, R. PO (EL49)
Ferris,
Edmund, Radar 3
Field,
Frederick John, Inst/Lt (Met), RCNVR - 24 Apr 1945 (Stand by) / 26
Apr 1945
Foley, J., Mr (EL49)
Frank, Jim, AB (EL49)
Galloway, LCdr (EL49)
Garfield,
Norman Albert, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 13 Jun 1945
Gray,
George Charles Edwrd, Inst/LCdr, RCN - 07 Jul 1947
Halliday,
Hugh A.
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Haverfield,
John Aimey Garnault, Lt (G), RCN - 05 Jun 1945
Hayes,
Terrance Desmond John, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Heibert, Ed, AB (EL49)
Henley,
Alan Alexander Trelawney, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Henning,
Roy Victor, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945
Hertzbert,
John Sumner, Slt, RCN - 19 May 1947
Hill,
Stan - 1949
Hind,
Ralph Ridley, Lt (L), RCN - 25 May 1948
Hlasny,
Stephen - 1957 - 1958
Hodascek,
John - 1949
Holland, J., AB (EL49)
Holmes,
Oliver Gerald Lindsay, LCdr, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945
Holmes,
William Nagel, A/Gnr, RCN - 02 Jun 1947
Hope,
W.H.
Horne,
John Edmund, LCdr (L), RCN - 29 May 1946 / 28 Jul 1947
Hovan, J., PO (EL49)
Howard,
Gordon - 1949
Howe,
William Hasting, Slt, RCN - 12 Mar 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Howe,
William Hastings, Lt, RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Hutcheson,
James Gordon Rodgers
Johnson,
James Arthur, Inst/Slt, RCN - 13 Jul 1941
Johnston,
William David Falconer, A/LCdr, RCN - Jan 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr
1945
Judd,
LCdr, NavO - 1958
Karagianis,
John Melvin, Wt/Catering, RCN - 01 May 1947
Keohane,
Terrance James, Lt (E), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Ker,
John Southam, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
King,
Stanley Mackenzie, A/Slt, RCN - 26 May 1947
Kirkendale,
George, A/War (El), RCNVR - Jan 1945 / 26 Apr 1945
Klause, L., LS (EL49)
Lake,
Bernard Summers, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945 / 26 Apr 1945
Lewis,
Kenneth Ewart, Lt (E), RCN - 19 Jun 1950
Little, C., PO (EL49)
Little,
Grederick, Cd/Gnr, RCN - 30 Jun 1947
Longmuir,
Gordon, Venture Cadet - Far East Cruise, 1957
MacCharles,
Ernest Daniel, Surg/LCdr, RCNVR - 19 May 1945
MacDermid,
Edgar Sydney (Twitchy), Lt (G), RCN - 01 Jul 1948
MacLean,
John Harris, Lt (N), RCN - 27 Jun 1945
MacDermid,
Edward Syndey, Lt (G), RCN - 06 Jun 1947
MacDonald,
Harry Hugh, Lt (G), RCN - 24 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
MacFie,
John, Wt/Shipt, RCN - 07 May 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
MacGlashan,
Donald Milne, Lt (F), RCNVR - 15 Mar 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
MacKinnon,
Hector Hugh, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 25 Apr 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
MacPherson,
Ian Alexander, Slt, RCN - 19 May 1947
Madwick,
Edward Thomas George (Mook), Lt (G), RCN - 10 Jun 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Mahdiur, John, AB (EL49)
Martin,
Ian Cameron, LT (E), RCN - 11 Jul 1949
Massick,
Ernest Harold, Wt (El), RCN - 24 Mar 1944 (Stand by)/ 26 Apr 1945
Maxwell,
John Wright, A/LCdr, RCN - 17 Jul 1949
McCormick,
Harold Duncan, Cdr (L), RCN - 17 Jul 1950
McDonald,
Burt Austin, Lt (E), RCN - 27 Jun 1947
McDowall,
John William, Lt (G), RCN - 01 Jul 1948
McKee,
Dave
McLean,
Gerry - 1957
McNichol,
Duncan Stewart, Midshipman (S), RCN - 31 Mar 1945 / 26 Apr 1945
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McRae,
Donald Gordon, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Merwin,
James Herbert, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Morris,
Edward Bernard (Spike), Lt (E) (A/E) (P), RCN - 16 May 1949
Murray,
John Whitridge, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945
Neatherton, F., CPO (EL49)
Nemeth, K., CPO (EL49)
O'Connor,
victor Frederick, Wt (E), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
O'Grady,
John Waller De Courcy, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945
Orton,
PO - 1945
Overhold, CPO (EL49)
Parry,
Leslie James, A/Gnr, RCN - 31 May 1949
Parry,
Richard John (Commissioning Crew)
Paterson,
George Alexander, RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Patterson, CPO (EL49)
Paul,
Joseph Morrison, Cd/Gnr - 26 Apr 1945 / Lt (G), RCN - 17 Jul 1949
Paul,
Robert James, A/Gnr, RCN - 19 May 1948
Peterson, J., LS (EL49)
Phillips,
Geoffrey, Lt (E), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Protheroe,
George Edward, Cd/Gnr (T), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Rees,
Ray - 1957-1958
Riguse, PO (EL49)
Roy,
Kenneth McCuish, Lt (S), RCN - 04 Mar 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr
1945
Rubens,
Rupert C., AB, RC3, V-89114, RCNVR
Ruse,
John Clark, Lt, RCNVR - 22 May 1945
Sabiston,
Donald Peter, Inst/Lt, RCN - 03 Jul 1950
Saks,
James, Lt, RCNVR - 21 Apr 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Schober,
George, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Seright,
Shorty - 1949
Shott,
Andrew Edward, Wt/Shpt, RCN - 11 Jun 1946 (Served in ONTARIO from 1944 to 1945)
Simmons,
Ron - 1957-1958
Silvester,
Jim C., PO.QR2
St. Pierre, B., PO (EL49)
St. Pierre, Paul
Stann,
Daniel Alexander, Lt (El), RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945 (Standby)
Steel,
David Burnell, Midshipman - 21 Jun 1948
Steeves,
Charles (Charlie)
Spencer,
Brian Roff, Cdr (E), RCN - 20 Jan 1944 (Stand by) / 20 Jun 1944
(Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Sullivan,
Gerald (Jerry)
Tanner,
Joe, LS.CK
Theriault,
Robert (Bob), SG
Thompson,
Al - 1949
Tkachuk, J., PO (EL49)
Treherne,
Thomas Claude, Slt (E), RCN - 26 Apr 1945
Tucker,
Edmund Belford, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 08 May 1945
Tutte,
Douglas Frederick, A/Gnr, 26 Apr 1945
Wadds,
George Mantague, LCdr (G), RCN - 30 Jun 1947
Ward,
Francis Shepard, Ord/Lt, RCN - 23 Jun 1947
Weber,
Benjamin Nicol, Lt, RCN - 17 Jul 1950
Welch,
Thomas Alan, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jun 1945
Whitelaw,
Donald Mackay, A/Surg/Cdr, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr
1945
Wickstrom, D.C.L., AB (EL49)
Wilkinson, Mr (EL49)
Wilkinson,
Joseph Graham, Wt/Rad, RCN - 06 May 1947
Wilkinson,
Norman Leslie, Gnr, RCN - 26 May 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Willis,
Robert Clifford, Lt (S), RCN - 28 Feb 1945 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
Wise,
Cyril Hubert Surtee, LCdr, RN - 01 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 26 Apr 1945
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Photos
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HMCS ONTARIO silk napkin
Courtesy of Terry Gunn
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Newspaper article on HMCS ONTARIO joining the
Royal Canadian Navy
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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ONTARIO Sail On Way To Join Pacific Fleet
Crow's Nest newspaper - Jul 1945
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Fo'c's'le and forward triple 6-inch turrets of
HMCS ONTARIO
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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HMCS ONTARIO at anchor in the Clyde, Greenock,
Scotland
From the collection of Phyllis Meier (neé
Friend), WRCNS
Courtesy Catherine Couture
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HMCS ONTARIO
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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HMCS ONTARIO
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Capt. Grant and Commander Tisdall on the bridge
of HMCS ONTARIO 29 Apr 1945
From the collections of Nick and Jim Silvester
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Belfast, Ireland
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(1) Bellevue Park, Belfast, Ireland (2)
Joining ship at Belfast (3) HMCS ONTARIO at Belfast (4 -8)
Belfast, Ireland (9-14) V.E. Day, Belfast, Ireland
Photo 1 from the collection of Jim Silvester.
Photos 2-14 from the collection of Nick
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Greenock, Scotland
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(1) HMCS
ONTARIO at Greenock, Scotland (2)
Wrens on ship at Greenock (3 - 5) HMCS ONTARIO at Greenock,
Scotland (6) Greenock, Scotland (7) RN Drifter loaded with Liberty men from HMCS
ONTARIO, Greenock, Scotland - 25 Apr 1945 (8) Greenock, Scotland
Photo 1 from the collection of Edmund Ferris.
Photos 2 - 6 from the collection of Nick. Photo 7 and 8 from the
collection of Jim Silvester.
Photo 7 is a DND/RCN photo
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Scotland
From the collection of Edmund Ferris
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
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(1) Captain Grant taking salute Starboard QD Division
29 May 1945 (2) Lt. O'Grady, Division Starboard Fo'c's'le
(3) Admiral Sir H.R. Moore C-in-C Home Fleet with
Captain Grant on Quarterdeck. 23 Jun 1945 (4) Captain Grant and
Commander Tisdall on Quaterdeck 10 Jun 1945 (5) Rigging the whaler and pinnace at lower boom,
HMCS ONTARIO (6) H.M. Submarine Truncheon alongside at Scapa Flow
25 Jun 1945 (7) Sunset at Scapa Flow (8) Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow
(9) Church Service on the Quarterdeck of HMCS ONTARIO - 10 Jun 1945 (10) Ship's band on the Quarterdeck of HMCS
ONTARIO 10
Jun 1945
DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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Souvenir map of the voyage of HMCS ONTARIO from the UK to Hong Kong then
Esquimalt BC
From the collection of Jerry
Diggins, LR
Courtesy of Jim Diggins
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Liverpool, England
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& 2) Liverpool (3) Entrance to Mersey Tunnel,
Liverpool (4) RMS Queen Mary at Liverpool (5) Liverpool, England, Jun 1945
(6) HMCS ONTARIO letting go starboard anchor in the
Mersey River, England 10 Jun 1945 (7) HMCS ONTARIO preparing to leave Liverpool England
(looking aft) 17 Jun 1945
Photos 1-4 from the collection of Nick.
Photos 5-7 from the collection of Jim Silvester.
Photos 3 and 4 are DND/RCN photos
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HMCS ONTARIO passing the Rock of Gibraltar - 14 Aug 1945
Photo 1 from the collection of Jim
Silvester. Photos 2 and 3 from the collection of Nick.
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Cape Bon, Tunisia - "The German Dunkirk in
Africa"
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Malta
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HMCS ONTARIO arriving at Valetta, Malta 08 Aug
1945 (2) Victoria Gate - Gate to the city of Valetta, Malta
(3) Valetta, Malta (4) Valetta, Malta (5) Two petty
officers from HMCS ONTARIO, Valette, Malta (6) Water taxi, Valetta Harbour, Malta
(7) HMCS ONTARIO, Malta (8) HMCS ONTARIO in St. Paul's Bay, Malta
(9) HMCS ONTARIO at MALTA (10-15) Malta (16) St Paul's Cathedral, Malta
(17) Stone
dedicated to to spot where King George VI landed after the siege of
Malta was won. (18) Grand Harbour, Malta (19) Malta
(20) Edmund Ferris ashore in Malta (21) Edmund Ferris (right) with
shipmate ashore in Malta (22) shipmate of Edmund Ferris ashore
in Malta (23) British destroyer HMS Gallant H59 at Malta.
Photos
1-8 from the collection of Jim Silvester. Photo 9 from the
collection of Terry Gunn Photos 10 - 19 from the
collection of Nick. Photos 20-23 from the collection of Edmund
Ferris.
Historical
note for HMS Gallant H59: On 10 January 1941, during Operation
Excess, the Italian torpedo boats Circe and Vega attempted an attack
on the Allied convoy off Pantellaria. Right after the engagement, in
which Vega was sunk, Gallant struck a mine that detonated her
forward magazine, because the Italian action pushed the British
convoy too much south of their pre-established route. The explosion
blew the bow off the ship, killing 65 and injuring 15 more of her
crew. Her sister Griffin rescued most of the survivors and the
destroyer HMS Mohawk towed her stern-first to Malta. The ship was
slowly repaired and in October 1941 it was estimated that they would
be completed in June 1942. However, on 5 April 1942, she was
extensively damaged by bomb splinters by an air raid on Valletta and
had to be beached at Pinto's Wharf to prevent her from sinking. She
was judged to be a constructive total loss and any usable equipment
was stripped from her hulk. Gallant was expended as a blockship at
St Paul's Island in September 1943, with the wreck being broken up
in 1953
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Mock air attack on HMCS ONTARIO and HMS Belfast
(Belfast lead ship)
From the collection of Jim Silvester
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Misc. photos
From the collection of Edmund Ferris
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
Webmaster's note: These photos were taken during
the trip from the England - to Hong Kong - to Esquimalt - but it is
not known where in the trip they fit in.
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Alexandria and
Cairo, Egypt
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Alexandria (2) Tramway, Alexandria
(3) Cairo (4) Mausoleum in Cairo (5 & 6) Alexandria
Harbour (7) Near Cairo (8) Egypt (9) Pyramid near
Cairo (10) Entrance to pyramid near Cairo (11) Kings
Palace, Cairo (12) Street car in Cairo (13) Cairo
Photos 1 & 2 from the collection of Jim Silvester. Photos 3 & 4 from the collection of Edmund
Ferris. Photos 5 -13 from the collection of Nick
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Transiting the Suez Canal
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(1-4) Transiting the
Suez Canal (5&6) Entrance to the Red Sea
Photos 1-3 from the collection of Jim
Silvester. Photos 4-6 from the collection of Nick
Photo 1 is a DND/RCN photo
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Aden, British Crown Colony, Gulf of Aden
Photos 1-3 from the collection of Jim
Silvester. Photo 4 from the collection of Nick
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HMS Bleasdale, a Hunt Class Destroyer, coming
alongside HMCS ONTARIO to fuel
Photos 1 and 4 were taken by an RCN photographer
on HMCS ONTARIO. Photo 2 and 3 by Jim Silvester.
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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Trincomalee, Ceylon - Aug 1945
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(1 & 2) HMCS
ONTARIO at Trincomalee, Ceylon - 22 Aug 1945
(3) French battleship Richelieu (centre), unknown
Aircraft Carrier (right) at Trincomalee, Ceylon - 22 Aug 1945
(4) French battleship Richelieu at Trincomalee, Ceylon
(5) Allied warships at Trincomalle, Ceylon (6) Hospital ships at
Trincomalee, Ceylon - 22 Aug
1945 (7) Native Huts, Trincomalee, Ceylon (8) Snake
Charmeur, Trincomalee, Ceylon (9-10)) Trincomalle locals
(11) Tincomalle (12) Snake charmer
Photo 1 DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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HMS Smiter D55
HMS Smiter joined the British Fleet enroute to
the Pacific at Trincomalee.
From the collection of Edmund Ferris
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
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Colombo, Ceylon
Photos 1 & 2 from the collection of Jim Silvester.
Photos 3 - 8 from the collection of Edmund Ferris
Photo 3 - DND / RCN photo
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris and Jim Silvester
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Onboard HMCS ONTARIO
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HMCS ONTARIO's dentist at work (ON-0043) HMCS ONTARIO's
"Y" gun crew (ON-0044) HMCS ONTARIO's Entertainment
Broadcast Room
DND/RCN photos
From the collection of Edmund Ferris and Nick
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
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Hong Kong, Sep - Oct 1945
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Unknown ship following astern of HMCS ONTARIO (ON-0051-2) HMCS
ONTARIO in the approaches to Hong Kong (ON-0053) HMS Swiftsure
at Hong Kong (ON-0054) Hong Kong seen from HMCS ONTARIO
(ON-0055) HMS Anson at Hong Kong (ON-00566) Chinese Sam Pan
passes by HMCS ONTARIO, Hong Kong, China (ON-0058) Capt harold
Grant, C.O. (left) with unknown officer on the quarterdeck of HMCS ONTARIO
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HMCS ONTARIO's pinnance (ON-0069) Sailors from HMCS ONTARIO being landed in Hong Kong (ON-0072) HMCS
ONTARIO's landing
party forming up for march to the ship's HQ (ON-0073) Platoon
Marching into HMCS ONTARIO's HQ (Tai Yan Club Hong Kong) - 13 Sep
1945 (ON-0074) Hong Kong locals playing Mahjong
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(ON-0074-1 & ON-0074-2) Hong Kong street
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Ceremony at Government House 18 Sep 1945 (ON-0093) Barracks at
Tai Koo, Hong Kong, China
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Fort Stanley Area showing Prison and Internee Camp, Hong Kong,
China (ON-0101) WW2 POW in Hong Kong -Japanese atrocity
(ON-0102) RPC on HMCS ONTARIO for HMCS Prince Robert (ON-0103)
HMCS Prince Robert at Hong Kong (ON-0104-3) Kowloon Clock tower
repaired by members of crew from HMCS ONTARIO
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Sunday Evening concert on HMCS ONTARIO 30 Sep 1945 (This is Goodsell's
Orchestra) (ON-0113 - ON-0118-6) HMCS ONTARIO leaves Hong Kong
to rescue the Admiralty Tanker Wave King
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(ON-0120) HMS Anson at Hong Kong. HMCS ONTARIO in
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Street scene, Hong Kong
From the collection of Jim Silvester
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Newspaper articles on HMCS ONTARIO rescuing the
tanker Wave King and her arrival, stay and departure from Hong Kong
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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Newspaper articles on HMCS ONTARIO's time at Hong
Kong
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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Hong Kong Sep-Oct 1945
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HMCS ONTARIO's Platoon "A" Landing Party - 13 Sep
1945 (2) C&POs Mess in Tai Yan Club, Hong Kong. Jim
Silvester first on left. (3) Barracks at Fort Stanley, Hong Kong,
China (4) Internee Camp Left, Civilian Prison, on Right, Fort
Stanley, Hong Kong, China (5) Barracks at Aberdeen, Hong Kong,
China (6) Motor Transport Commandeered. Used to move personnel
around Hong Kong and other stations (7) HMCS Prince Robert
leaving Hong Kong - 27 Sep 1945 (8) Rocket display by allied
fleet at Hong Kong, China (9) Back of photo 8
From the collection of Jim Silvester
DND RCN photos
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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Hong Kong Sep-Oct 1945
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Victory Day in Hong Kong (8) Unveiling of war memorial at Hong
Kong (14) Japanese POWs (15) Chinese Junk (16)
Chinese locals selling wares (17) Chinese funeral (18)
unknown Chinese girl
From the collection of Nick
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Major General S.K. Yee One of Chaing Kai Chek's
Aides leaving HMCS ONTARIO. PO J. Fairhurst manning the gangway
DND/RCN photo
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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One of HMCS ONTARIO's sail makers at work
DND/RCN photo
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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Japanese Destroyer
DND/RCN photo
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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(1-4) Edmund Ferris on HMCS ONTARIO (5-7)
Unknown sailors on HMCS ONTARIO (8) Part of crew formed up and
being addressed
Webmaster's note: These photos were taken during
the trip from the England - to Hong Kong - to Esquimalt - but it is
not known where in the trip they fit in.
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Currency from HMCS ONTARIO's trip from England
- to Hong Kong - to Esquimalt, BC
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Egypt |
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Malta |
Malta |
Malta |
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Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
Japan |
Japan |
Japan |
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Japan |
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From the collection of Edmund Ferris
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
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Guam
(1 & 2) Japanese destroyer at Guam.
(3) unknown aircraft carrier at Guam
From the collection of Nick
Note: it is not known the exact time frame the
port visit to Manila was or where it fits into the photograph time
line
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Manila
From the collection of Nick
Note: it is not known the exact time frame the
port visit to Manila was or where it fits into the photograph time
line |
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Two newspaper articles on HMCS ONTARIO
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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"Y" Turret on HMCS ONTARIO. Sailors in
photo unidentified
From the collection of Nicholas Vukson
Courtesy of John Vukson |
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HMCS ONTARIO's "A" Turret 6-inch triple
gun turret
DND/RCN photo
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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Ramming home 4-inch shell on starboard #2, HMCS ONTARIO
DND/RCN photo
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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HMCS ONTARIO arriving at Pearl Harbor
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Port visit at Pearl Harbor - enroute to
Esquimalt, BC
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(1 & 2) Painting Ship at Pearl Harbor - 17
Nov 1945 (9) Kau Kau Korner - Crossroads of the Pacific
Photos 1 & 2 from the collection of Jim
Silvester. Photos 3 & 4, 8-11 are from the collection of
Nick. Photos 5-7are from the collection of Edmund
Ferris.
Photos 1 - 7 are DND/RCN photos
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Capt Grant inspecting ship's company of HMCS ONTARIO, circa 1945
Courtesy of Al Brosseau
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Capt Grant inspecting ship's company on HMCS
ONTARIO.
This photo was taken at Pearl harbor in 1945 just before HMCS
ONTARIO left Pearl to return to Esquimalt.
Paul St-Pierre is 3rd from left
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HMCS ONTARIO enroute to Esquimalt
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(#ON-0245) Ship's baker at work (ON-0246) Cooks at work - note
the rope they are holding ... appears to be a bit rough out.
(ON-0251 & ON-0253) A bit rough out
From the collections of Edmund Ferris, Jim
Silvester and Nick
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HMCS ONTARIO arrives in Esquimalt after the end
of the Pacific war.
From the collection of Edmund Ferris
Courtesy of Edmund Ferris
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HMCS ONTARIO in Esquimalt - 1945
From the collection of Robert Sauberli,
RCNVR
Courtesy of James Sauberli
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The Captain's Gig being either brought
onboard to or launched from HMCS ONTARIO - date unknown
From the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy of Rob Stevens
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Formal dinner in the wardroom of HMCS ONTARIO. First two officers from the left appear to be
Hibbard and Budge.
Photo circa 1947-1949
Courtesy of Bill McRitchie / John Gabel
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HMCS ONTARIO 1949-1950
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HMCS ONTARIO 1949-50 (WP33) #27 training Class on HMCS ONTARIO (WP34) A night of entertainment on HMCS
ONTARIO while at Pearl
Harbor (WP35) HMCS ONTARIO - date / location unknown (WP36) HMCS
ONTARIO at San Diego - 1949 (WP37) HMCS ONTARIO entering Pearl Harbor -
1950 (WP38) HMCS ONTARIO leads HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS CAYUGA and HMCS
SIOUX as the Canadian destroyers depart Esquimalt for the Korean War. ONTARIO
sailed with the squadron until their arrival at Pearl Harbor
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Painting ONTARIO's yardarms (WP40) Ron Wood and Bill Paterson "in
the clink" - 1949 (WP41) Powell River, BC
(WP42-WPWP43) HMCS ONTARIO anchored off of Powell River, BC (WP44) HMCS
ONTARIO ship's company photo - Powell River, BC, Sunday, 26 Jun 1949
(WP45) Admiral's inspection of HMCS ONTARIO, Esquimalt, BC - 07 Jul 1949
(WP46-WP49)
HMCS ONTARIO's grapefruit gun - with pineapple ammo ...being loaded .... at
the ready ..... Fire!!
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(WP50-WP51) Mountains around Kodiak, Alaska
(WP52) Kodiak, Alaska (W[53) Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska
(WP54) Kodiak Bear that was shot in
Alaska (WP55) Private home in Kodiak, Alaska (WP56) "No
pavement here" - Kodiak, Alaska
(WP57)
Main Street, Kodiak, Alaska (WP58) Glacier, possibly near Kodiak
(WP59) Two ONTARIO sailors pose with Kodiak bear skin (WP60) Four ONTARIO sailors pose with Kodiak bear skin. "$700.00 fur of Kodiak Bear,
Kodiak, Alaska - 1949"
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Aerial view of Juneau Alaska - HMCS ONTARIO alongside the jetty
(WP62-WP63) Juneau, Alaska (WP64-WP66) HMCS ONTARIO at Juneau, Alaska -
1949 (WP67) Juneau, Alaska - 1949
(WP68)
Dreamland Cocktail Bar - Juneau, Alaska (WP69) Main Street, Juneau,
Alaska. The Arctic Bar is visible on the right of photo (WP70) Mount Juneau - 1949
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HMCS ONTARIO arriving at San Diego, Calif - HMCS SIOUX 225 almost alongside.
Unidentified Tribal further up jetty ahead of SIOUX (WP72) Mothballed
USN ships at San Diego, Calif (WP73) ONTARIO sailors ashore in Long
Beach, Calif (WP74) Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, Calif. Heartwell Bldg
in distance (WP75) Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Walk of Fame,
Los Angeles, Calif. Building on right has some type of confectionary
stored named KELLER'S (WP76) Betty Gable's signature in the sidewalk by
Grauman's Chinese Theather, Hollywood, Calif. - photo taken 1949
(WP77)
CBS Building, Hollywood, Calif
From the collection of William
(Bill) Argyle Paterson, P1BN, RCN / C.A.F.
Courtesy of Bruce Paterson
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American destroyer (pennant #33) - 1949 (TS02) American
destroyer (pennant # 38) (TS03) American
destroyers (TS04) HMCS Athabaskan (TS05) HMCS ONTARIO
fueling HMCS Antigonish (TS06) HMCS ONTARIO fueling HMCS Crescent 226 (TS07) HMCS
ONTARIO preparing
to tow HMCS Crescent 226
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HMCS ONTARIO - refit fall 1949 (TS10) HMCS ONTARIO -
winter 1949 (TS11) R.T.E. - Winter 1949. Tom Smith
on right (TS12) View across the harbour from HMCS ONTARIO
- 1949 (TS13) HMCS ONTARIO firing her 6-inch
guns (TS14) HMCS ONTARIO lowering (possibly) a
minesweeping paravane (TS15) HMCS ONTARIO firing a
torpedo (TS16) Tom Smith on HMCS ONTARIO
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HMCS Cayuga (TS18) Unidentified sailors on HMCS ONTARIO,
summer 1949 (TS19) Tom Smith (foreground) on HMCS ONTARIO, summer 1949 (TS20) "Ckrez" on HMCS
ONTARIO, summer 1949 (TS21) Tom Smith (centre, leaning
forward) and shipmates on HMCS ONTARIO, summer 1949
(TS22) Magdalena Bay, Mexico (TS23) Mexican escort in
Gulf of California (TS24) Magdalena Bay, Mexico
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Joe Baur (TS26) Sid (TS27) Jim Frank and Sid
(TS28) Mac, Jim, Sid & Oli (TS29) Mexican
high-diver, Acapulco (TS30) Porteous (left) and Tom
Smith (TS31) Sid (TS32) Sid
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American Oiler (TS34) Tom Smith on one of ONTARIO's
6-inch guns (TS35) Pearl Harbor - 1950 (TS36) USS
Valley Forge (TS37) Mothballed fleet, San Diego,
CA (TS38-TS40) Destroyers in company with HMCS ONTARIO transiting the Panama Canal
From the collection of Tom
Smith, C2.ET, RCN
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A group of young sailors on their RP course just drafted to HMCS ONTARIO
in front of "A" gun, Jul 1949
(9) ABRP Art Broster (10) ABRP David Burck
Courtesy of Gordon Howard
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Ed Chadwick and "Swede" Hoiland, HMCS ONTARIO, Jan 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Ed Chadwick on A turret, HMCS ONTARIO, Jan 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Roy Duckworth and Swede Hoiland, HMCS ONTARIO,
Jan 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS Crescent seen from HMCS ONTARIO, Jan 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO's bridge, Jan 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Magdalena Bay, Mexico, Spring Cruise, Feb 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO at San Diego, Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO at San Diego, Spring Cruise, 1949
3 names of those in photo - Hoiland, Costin,
Ferguson
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO at San Diego, Spring Cruise, 1949
3 names of those in photo - Peterson, Carpenter,
Porteous
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO at Broadway Pier, San Diego, Spring
Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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G.A. Broster (right) sitting on the secondary
armament of HMCS ONTARIO - 1949 (GB02) G.A. Broster (right) on HMCS ONTARIO - date
unknown (GB03) G.A. Broster sitting on the secondary armament of
HMCS ONTARIO - date unknown (GB04) HMCS ONTARIO entering San
Diego Harbor 15 Feb 1949. Unknown aircraft carrier on her port
side (GB05) Crew from HMCS ONTARIO going ashore as Magdalena,
Mexico, Spring Cruise, Feb 1949 (BG06) ONTARIO sailors (L-R) John
Hodascek, Al Thompson,
Stan Hill and George (Shorty) Seright at a market in Acapulco, Mexico 1949
(GB07) G.A. Broste sitting in the Captain's chair on the
bridge of HMCS ONTARIO, Acapulco, Mexico 1949
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G.A. Broster on the bridge of HMCS ONTARIO,
Acapulco, Mexico 1949 (GB09) George (Shorty) Seright on the bridge of HMCS ONTARIO,
Acapulco, Mexico 1949 (GB10) HMCS ONTARIO passing under the St Johns Bridge,
Portland, Oregon 08 Jun 1949 (GB11) HMCS ONTARIO, Sydney, Australia
(GB12) Train to Guantanamo, Cuba, Spring Cruise, 1949 (GB13) Drinking in the mess deck on HMCS ONTARIO before the Christmas dinner - 1950
(GB14) Certificate of C. Bisset from the Pylon
Look-Out, Sydney Harbour Bridge - 09 Apr 1951
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Forward gun turrets of HMCS ONTARIO (GB16-GB17)
HMCS ONTARIO in calm seas .... and then not so calm seas (GB18)
HMCS ONTARIO off-loading the ship's jeep - location unknown - 1949
(GB19)
A couple sailors painting the yardarm on HMCS ONTARIO - 1949
(GB20) Sailors from HMCS ONTARIO shopping in Pago Pago -
1949 (GB21) HMCS ONTARIO crew - Admiral's inspection - 07 Jul
1949
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HMCS ONTARIO's visit to the Portland, Oregon
for the Rose Festival, June 1949
(GB22
HMCS ONTARIO approaching the 3rd bridge on her passage to
Portland (GB23) HMCS ONTARIO arriving alongside Portland for the
Rose Festival (GB24) Staging area for the parade floats
(GB25)
Butte Montana Band (GB26) Frankin High School Marjorettes
(GB27) HMCS ONTARIO Band (GB28) Hollywood Float
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Laura Skelton Oshawa High School (GB30) National Bank Float
(GB31) Sears Float (GB32) The Rose Queen (GB33) The Sonnette
Float (GB34) Woody the Woodpecker float (GB35) unknown float
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(GB36-GB47)The visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh to HMCS ONTARIO - 03-05 Nov 1951
From the collection of Gordon Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson
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Unknown Petty Officer on HMCS ONTARIO, Spring
Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO transiting the Panama
Canal, Spring Cruise, 1949
From the collections of Ed Chadwick &
Gordon (Art) Broster
From the collection of Gordon (Art) Broster |
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Sing Song at night on HMCS ONTARIO, Spring
Cruise, 1949
Cdr P.D. Budge entertaining
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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R. Riguse, J. Dickson, J. Baur, L. Bre(??)
J. Evancio, MacDonald, Ed Chadwick, R. Churcher
HMCS ONTARIO, Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Label from a bottle of Ron Anejo (Old Rum), from
HMCS ONTARIO's Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Sailors from HMCS ONTARIO at a Panama City Bar,
Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Guantanamo City, Cuba, Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Sid Bryndilsen and Elgin Oja, HMCS ONTARIO,
Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Elgin Oja, HMCS ONTARIO, Spring Cruise, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Unknown sailor on HMCS ONTARIO, Spring Cruise,
1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO entering Portland, Oregon 08 Jun 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS ONTARIO returning to Esquimalt, 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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Invitation to a ship's company dance, 09 July 1949
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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(BT001 - BT006) HMCS ONTARIO (BT007)
Someone's birthday cake (BT008) Comm Rates, 4 Mess, HMCS ONTARIO
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Bob Theriault in his mick (BT012) Captain's gig, HMCS ONTARIO (BT013) Yeoman of Signals Bill Howarth (BT014)
Fo'c's'le of HMCS ONTARIO (BT015 - BT016) Port visit at
Mexican town in Gulf of California
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HMCS ONTARIO Comm Rates ashore on the beach. Note HMCS ONTARIO
anchored off in the background (BT018) Mexican naval escort
for HMCS ONTARIO while in the Gulf of California (BT019) Bob
Theriault - 1st trip to Hawaii (BT020 - BT022) American ships
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (BT023 - BT 024) Hawaii
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(BT025 - BT032) Exercises with USN off Hawaii
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- BT034) HMCS ONTARIO putting out to sea passing by inward bound
American carrier (BT035) Sailor on HMCS ONTARIO silhouetted
against the dusk sky (BT036 - BT038) Bob Theriault on HMCS ONTARIO (BT039) John Budris on HMCS
ONTARIO (BT040) Navy
comic. Webmaster's note: it seems like a pretty
reasonable question .....
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Freighter in the Canal Zone, Panama (BT041) tall ship at
Valparaiso, Chile (BT043) Greeting card that was handed to
sailors on the jetty in Valparaiso, Chile (BT044 - BT045)
Freighter overtaking and passing HMCS ONTARIO in the Rio de
Plata (BT046) Plaza Independencia, Montevideo (BT047)
Corientas, Montevideo (BT048) Surgar Loaf Lountain, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
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- BT050) Freighter SS Arauco, Oct 1952, with a damaged bow
after she attempted to overtake HMCS ONTARIO entering Buenos Aires
and struck ONTARIO amidships (BT051) AB.SG Bob Theriault on HMCS
ONTARIO, Buenos Aires, Argentina (BT052) Buenos Aires,
Argentina (BT053) President Juan Peron visiting HMCS ONTARIO
while she was visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina (BT054)
Local band, Aruba, Dutch Antillies
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Bob Theriault on the bridge of HMCS ONTARIO (BT056) Bob
Theriault on the flag deck of HMCS ONTARIO (BT057) Bob
Theriault by the flag locker on HMCS ONTARIO (BT058) Bob
Theriault on the signal lamp on HMCS ONTARIO (BT059) HMCS ONTARIO
- location unknown (BT060) RAS complete - ship pulls
away from HMCS ONTARIO
From
the collection of Robert (Bob) Theriault, P1SG, RCN
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USN aircraft carrier seen from HMCS ONTARIO while ONTARIO is entering San
Diego Harbour 15 Feb 1949 (WM45) HMCS ONTARIO lowering the ship's jeep
onto the pier in San Diego (WM440WM48) San Diego, Calif. Feb 1949
(WM49-WM52) Hollywood Burlesque Theatre -
San Diego, Calif. - Feb 1949 (WM53) San Diego, Calif.
(WM54) Capt James Hibbard and Cdr Patrick
Budge, CO and XO of HMCS ONTARIO (WM55) Painting the yardarm on HMCS
ONTARIO (WM56) Longest Bar - Tijuana, Mexico - Feb 1949 (WM57)
Street photographer - Tijuana, Mexico - Feb 1949 (WM58) TiJuana,
Mexico - Feb 1949
(WM59)
Sailors from HMCS ONTARIO going ashore at Magdalena Bay, Mexico - Feb
1949 (WM60) Magdalena Bay, Mexico - Feb 1949 (WM61) Ship's Doctor
from HMCS ONTARIO giving check-up to the locals of Magdalena Bay, Mexico
(WM62) 90% of the population of Magdalena Bay, Mexico (WM63) Local boy -
Magdalena, Mexico
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Rear view - Magdalena Bay, Mexico - Feb 1949 (WM65-WM67)
HMCS ONTARIO entering the locks of the Panama Canal at Balboa enroute to the
Atlantic (WM68) HMCS ONTARIO transiting the Panama Canal
(WM69)
Native hut - Panama (WM70) Ruins of old Panama (WM71) Golden
Alar, Panama (WM72) Unknown location (WM73) Train to
Guantanamo, Cuba - Spring 1949
(WM74)
ONTARIO sailor talks to a local - location unknown (WM75) Local man in
unknown location (WM76) Sailfish = Acapulco (WM77)
Acapulco (WM78) Locals selling perfume filled eggs - Acapulco
(WM79) Water-skiing - Acapulco
(WM80) Grounded pirate ship - Acapulco (WM81) Acapulco, Mexico
(WM82-WM86) Entertainers aboard HMCS
ONTARIO - Acapulca
(WM86)
Sing song at night aboard HMCS ONTARIO. Cdr Budge entertaining.
Spring Cruise 1949 (WM87) Crossing the Line ceremony on HMCS
ONTARIO (WM88) HMCS ONTARIO transiting the Straits of
Magellan (WM89) Chilean battleship LA TORRE (former HMS
CANADA) (WM90) Ship's company of HMCS ONTARIO taking part in
some for of service at the monument of Arturo Prat Chachon - Placa
de Sotomayor, Valparaiso, Chile
(WM90)
Tom Beneman's Restaurant, Hollywood, Calif. (WM91) The Brown Derby,
Hollywood, Calif. (WM92) Earl Carroll Theatre, Los Angeles,
Calif. (WM93) NBC Radio, Sunset and Vine, Hollywood, Calif
(WM94) Admiral's inspection of HMCS ONTARIO, Esquimalt, BC - 07 Jul 1949
From the collection of William
(Bill) McNair
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HMCS ONTARIO returning from Alaskan cruise
Courtesy of Ed Chadwick |
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HMCS Crescent and HMCS ONTARIO, Esquimalt, BC circa
1950-1951
Courtesy of Gordon Howard |
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HMCS ONTARIO - 1951
Source: Government of Nova Scotia Visual
Archives - H.F. Pullen NSARM accession no. 1984-573 Box 1 F/33
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Sentries
rest on arms reversed around the casket as HMCS ONTARIO steams seaward for
the burial of the late Commodore George R. Miles
Credit: CROWSNEST Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, April
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HMCS ONTARIO - 1951 (RD14) Certificate / memento of HMCS ONTARIO's 1951 Pacific cruise (RD15) Roy Dunbar's
Crossing the line (Equator) Certificate onboard HMCS ONTARIO - 09
Mar 1951
From
the collection of Roy Dunbar,
CPO1, RCN
Courtesy
of Dave Dunbar
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HMCS
ONTARIO departing St John's, Newfoundland with Princess Elizabeth and
Prince Philip, Duke of Endinburgh.
In
October 1951, ONTARIO sailed to the east coast where after arrival,
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh sailed on the
cruiser from Sydney, Nova Scotia, through the Cabot Strait to
Newfoundland during the Royal Visit. The ship returned to Esquimalt
following the tour, arriving in December.
From the Rose family photo collection
Courtesy of Bud Rose |
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Crossing the Line Certificate for Midshipman Larry Zbitnew,
27 Sep 1952
From the collection of Larry Zbitnew, LCdr, RCN |
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HMCS ONTARIO
From the photo collection of Lt VS
Curry, CD, RCN (Ret'd)
RCN PHoto
Courtesy of Gerry Curry |
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Crossing the Line certificate from HMCS ONTARIO, Australian Cruise, 25 Jan 1954
Courtesy of Peter Manninen
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Article on two (of eleven) HMCS ONTARIO sailors who
missed ship when ONTARIO departed Brisbane, Australia
Halifax Mail-Star 09 Apr 1954
Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury
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Don McBride (with red bucket of water) on HMCS ONTARIO (note: most likely during a crossing the line ceremony)
From the collection of Donald
McBride, C2WS, RCN
Courtesy of Alan McBride
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The firing A and B turrets on HMCS ONTARIO -
August 1950
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan
(see RCN
Memories - The Big "O's" Guns) |
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Ordinary
Gerald Sullivan on the boat deck, starboard side, HMCS ONTARIO,
August 1950
Courtesy
of Gerald Sullivan |
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Canteen card of OS Gerald Sullivan - 1950
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan |
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HMCS ONTARIO station card of OS Gerald Sullivan
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan |
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HMCS ONTARIO in drydock in Esquimalt, 1950
1950
Esquimalt, Yarrows Dry Dock, at that time one of the largest dry
docks in the world. ONTARIO, AKA the “Big O” in dry dock, note
the coastal vessel astern. When ship is secured the water is pumped
out and braces placed as it lowers. When approximately 18 – 20
inches remain pumps stopped, dock yard workers done hip waders and
descend into dock armed with pitch forks. North Pacific salmon some
as long as your arm trapped in the dock. Sea birds, cormorants,
gulls feasting on smaller fish while the dock yard workers spear the
salmon. The ship is still, no fans, motors, systems running, no
vibrations, nothing. An 11000 ton floating weapons platform with 800
crew - its as if she was dead with shore power for lights only. We
used Heads ashore and meals in Naval base (Naden). Heads were very
interesting for a 19 year old from the city; they were designed for
Muslim crews using them. Never did see any of the salmon.
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan |
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HMCS ONTARIO in drydock in Esquimalt, 1950
Courtesy of Gordon Howard |
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HMCS ONTARIO in Esquimalt circa 1950-1951
From the collection of Norman Taggart
Courtesy of Erin Brownlee |
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HMCS ONTARIO in drydock
Courtesy of Daniel Miller |
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HMCS ONTARIO taking a wave over the bow - circa
1950
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan
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HMCS ONTARIO Christmas cards
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan
Courtesy of Daon Fairbax
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HMCS ONTARIO C32
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan
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HMCS ONTARIO C32 and HMS Victory -
dressed ship. Date unknown
From the collection of William (Bill) McCulley
Courtesy of Linda Hibbert
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HMCS ONTARIO C32 transiting the Kiel
Canal, June 1955
From the collection of William ( Bill) McCulley
Courtesy of Linda Hibbert
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Ordinary
Seaman Paul St. Pierre with his training group out West. OS Paul
St. Pierre served on HMCS ONTARIO from 1944 to 1945
People in photo:
Front row (L to R): B.
Holowaty, A. Brown, B. Monture, W. Hart, F.
Gagnier, A. Dicy.
Rear row (L to R): B. Kite, K. Campbell, E. Colburn, W. Boyd, P. St.
Pierre, A. St. Pierre, J. Oberich (Oberick), A. Gray, Joe Hood
Courtesy of Al Brosseau
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Hong Kong Harbour - HMS Renown
(foreground) and HMCS Prince Robert (background)
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO
From the collection of Robert Sauberli,
RCNVR
Courtesy of James Sauberli
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HMCS ONTARIO conducting a RAS with an
unknown ship
From the collection of Robert Sauberli,
RCNVR
Courtesy of James Sauberli
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HMCS ONTARIO leaving an unknown port
From the collection of Robert Sauberli,
RCNVR
Courtesy of James Sauberli
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HMCS ONTARIO arriving at St. John's, NFLD
on 11 Oct 1951 with the Duchess and Duke of Edinbugh
From the Rose family photo collection
Courtesy of Bud Rose
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HMCS ONTARIO
Courtesy of Erling Baldorf
Original source unknown
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Cleanest Junior NCO's Mess, HMCS ONTARIO - 24 Nov 1956
From the collection of Terry Ingleson
Courtesy of Darren Ingleson
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HMCS ONTARIO, ship's company dance - 1957
L-R: Russel, Murray, Joe Tanner
From the collection of Joe Tanner
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny
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HMCS ONTARIO - Crossing the Line
(Equator) - c1957
From the collection of Rick
Bridges, C2.RPI, RCN
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HMCS ONTARIO Chiefs and Petty Officers -
1957
From the collection of Rick
Bridges, C2.RPI, RCN
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The photos in this section are from the
collection of Stephen Hlasny
These
photos were taken from Jan 1957 – Aug 1958. The ship’s
compliment was about 800 plus 100 cadets which we carried
during our training trips. We did three major trips during
that time, Hawaii, Australia, NZ. Fiji, Philippines,
Japan and small islands through the Pacific. Southern trip to
the Panama, Mexico, California coast. In 1958 we did the
triangle run, and in the latter part of 1958 we did the west
coast of BC hitting all the small communities through out the
west coast anchoring at the majority of them. Ending with our
last trip to Vancouver for the Sea festival, an Princess
Margaret’s visit. On one of our last trips from Hawaii we
were to conduct an exercise , HMCS ONTARIO being the invading
force to attack the west coast of Vancouver island, The
defending force of the island included Comox air defence,
Esquimalt Frigates and DDE,s. This was to take about a week to
10 days. Our speed at the time was roughly 18 – 20 knots as
the ship was only using twin screws. The Captain at that time
R.P. Welland and Navigator LCDR Judd, asked the Engineers if
the they could connect the other twin screws which was “aye”.
Four hours later we headed straight north at max speed and
then down coast of Vancouver island to Barclay Sound, with a
little camouflage we hid out for a few days basking in the sun
and enjoying a little salmon fishing. We achieved our
objective and to their embarrassment we let the defence force
know where we were. BZ. It was one of my best two years on a
ship of her size.
Courtesy
of Stephen Hlasny |
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Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, 1958
Ret and relaxation, waiting out in hiding
for the defensive establishment to find us.
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HMCS ONTARIO, fueling exercise at sea
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Steve Hlasny on the jetty at Pearl
Harbour - the start of the Spring cruise
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R&R at Pearl Harbour - Spring Cruise
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Eugene Phillips, Ray Rees, HMCS ONTARIO,
Pearl Harbour - Spring Cruise
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Gord (left) and Charlie, EM's Club, Pearl
Harbour - Spring Cruise
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LSRP Steve Hlasny at the beer gardens in
Pearl Harbor, HI, Jan 1957
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny
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Frigates in company - HMCS Stettler and
HMCS New Glasgow - Spring Cruise
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Crew members of HMCS ONTARIO at Capt.
Cook's monument, Kealakahua, Hawaii
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Hula troupe on HMCS ONTARIO at Hilo,
Hawaii
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Hula troupe on HMCS ONTARIO at Hilo,
Hawaii
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Programme for "Showtime"
HMCS ONTARIO
14 Apr 1957 - Mid Pacific
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Showtime on HMCS ONTARIO
(1) Harvey Parsons (left) and Lt (G) H.
Vondette (2) Bob Parsons (3) L-R - Harvey, Gerry McLean, Dinger Bell
(4) Colmer on stage
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Relaxing on the gun deck of HMCS ONTARIO enroute to Guam
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HMCS ONTARIO beach party at Guam
(3) Ron Simmons
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Film
actress Rosa Rosal on board HMCS ONTARIO at Manila with crew members of HMCS
Jonquiere
Courtesy
of Stephen Hlasny |
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Blood donor clinic on board HMCS ONTARIO at Manila
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Henderson (left), Steve Hlasny (right) in
Manila
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Dinger Bell (left), Steve Hlasny (right) in Manila
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LSRP Dinger Bell and LSrp Steve Hlasny,
HMCS ONTARIO, with ABRP Gord Henderson, HMCS Stettler,
Manila, 1957
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny
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Crew members from HMCS ONTARIO taking
part in a ceremony at Canadian cemetery in Hong Kong
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Steve Hlasny, HMCS ONTARIO, at Hong Kong
- 1957
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Steve Hlasny, HMCS ONTARIO, takes one
last rickshaw ride, Hong Kong
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Jackstay transfer between HMCS ONTARIO and HMCS Jonquiere
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Band greets HMCS ONTARIO, HMCS Jonquiere
and HMCS Stettler on their arrival at Yokohama, Japan
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Capt. Welland greets dignitaries at
Yokohama, Japan
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Crew members of HMCS ONTARIO - April 1957
Cake for the cleanest mess - heading home to
Esquimalt
(1)
Fraser (2) Colmer (3) Tiger Fraser (4) Wyber
(5) W. Ruffel (6) Verner Buz (7) unknown (8)
Roy (9) Steve Hlasny (10) Jupp (11) Jones
(12) Presian (13) W. Frame (14) Hutton (15)
unknown (16) unknown
Click
here to see the photo with everyone numbered
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The Trillium Times
HMCS ONTARIO shipboard newspaper
Stats for the 1957 Spring Cruise
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Crossing the Equator Card for Steve
Hlasny
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(L-R) Ma-Day, Fergy, Webster
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Fleet Regatta, June 1957
HMCS Athabaskan entry
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO
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Fleet Regatta, June 1957
"Minesweeping Northern Ops"
Minesweeping Squadron entry
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO
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Unknown and Steve Hlasny (right) - July
1957
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Steve Hlasny on HMCS ONTARIO - Jul 1957
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Kailua-Kona, Hawaiian Islands - Jul 1957
(HI-01) Nap Oopoo - Kealakekua Bay,
Hawaii (Captain Cook - 1779) (HI-02) Kailua Bay,
Hawaii (HI-03) Maalaea,Maui (HI-04) "at
Hilo"
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Jim Lyttle and Steve Hlasny (right), Acapulco
- Feb 1958
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Relaxing at sea, B Gun Deck - Feb 1958
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Relaxing at sea, Saluting Gun Deck - Feb
1958
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Hula welcome for HMCS ONTARIO. Her last
visit to Pearl Harbour, Mar 1958
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Hula welcome for HMCS ONTARIO. Her last
visit to Pearl Harbour, Mar 1958
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Dave McKee, HMCS ONTARIO, Pearl Harbour,
Hawaii - Mar 1958
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Steve Hlasny, HMCS ONTARIO, Pearl
Harbour, Hawaii - Mar 1958
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The night before we "cross the
line" on HMCS ONTARIO, 25 Feb 1957
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Crossing the Line, HMCS ONTARIO, March
1958 - Dramatis Personae
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Crossing the Equator certificate, Steve
Hlasny, HMCS ONTARIO, 12 March 1958
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HMCS ONTARIO, Sydney, Australia, 1-8
April 1958
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(L-R) HMCS Cayuga 218, HMCS Athabaskan
219 and HMCS Skeena 207 RASing with HMCS ONTARIO - 1958
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Steve Hlasny on HMCS ONTARIO, back in
Esquimalt, Jun 1958
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Dave McKee (top photo) and Steve Hlasny
set for shore leave - June 1958
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"Big O's" last Banyan, Nanoose
Bay, 1958
(1)
Len Paquette (right) and unknown (2) L-R - Steve, Roy, ?? and Len
(3) "George Sears set up shear
legs" (4) Front - (L-R) Steve, Len (5) Steve, Roy, Leonard and ??
(6) unknown (7) unknown (8) Leonard Paquette
(9) Leonard Paquette (10) unknown (11) "Big eyes are on us"
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1958 BC Centennial
HMCS ONTARIO crew members (L-R)
??, PO1 Tuttle and Alec McLean
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Princess Margaret's sailpast - the Royal
Salute, 1958
Gunner, CPO2 Bird
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Princess Margaret's sail past, 1958
CPO Bird on right
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Royal Roads - ships lit up at night
during Princess Margaret's visit, 1958
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HMCS ONTARIO enroute to English Bay with
destroyer escort. HMCS Athabaskan 219 lead destroyer
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO
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HMCS Athabaskan 219, HMCS Crescent, HMCS
Cayuga escorting HMCS ONTARIO enroute to English Bay
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO
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Night Illumination - the fleet is setting
off fireworks in English Bay
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO |
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Night Illumination - the fleet is setting
off fireworks in English Bay
Photo taken from HMCS ONTARIO |
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L-R - Steve Hlasny (ONTARIO) and Quinn
(Jonquiere)
A
last run ashore in Vancouver
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Steve Hlasny
A
last run ashore in Vancouver. Beard comes off and I go on
leave and tie the old knot
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"Big O's" last port visit,
Vancouver, BC, Aug 1958
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HMCS ONTARIO, the "Big O",
Vancouver, Aug 1958
"Sorry to see her go" |
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HMCS ONTARIO departs Vancouver for
Esquimalt to be paid off
Courtesy of Gordon Howard |
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Former HMCS ONTARIO "For Sale"
Courtesy of Gordon Howard |
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Ad for Crown Assets sale of HMCS ONTARIO
Courtesy of Gordon Howard |
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Former HMCS ONTARIO in drydock in North
Vancouver being prepared to be towed to Japan to be broken up
The Crowsnest magazine Sep 1960 Vol. 12
No. 11 |
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Long Journey to Death begins for the
9,000-ton cruiser HMCS ONTARIO .....
Newspaper article from a Vancouver paper
- 26 Sep 1960
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H.M.C.S. ONTARIO REUNION
April 26, 27 and 28, 1996
Toronto, ON
Photo album page 2 "Some of the crew
member" - (2) Boots Green (6) Gord Mitchell (10) Jim
Silvester
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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