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Phillip Joseph Albert Plotkins

In memory of:

Sub-Lieutenant Phillip Joseph Albert Plotkins

April 18, 1952
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Military Service

Service Number:

O-59516

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

HMCS Shearwater

Additional Information

Born:

November 23, 1926
Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

June 9, 1948

Son of Leon L. and Gertrude Plotkins of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Leon, Robert, Pierre, Marie, Lucille, Suzanne, Annette and Evangeline.

Commemorated on Page 29 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Plaque– Sub-Lieutenant PHILLIP JOSEPH ALBERT PLOTKINS is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Of the seven sailors named on this plaque who died in 1952, five died on April 17, and two died on April 18, presumably under the same circumstances.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Sub-Lieutenant PHILLIP JOSEPH ALBERT PLOTKINS is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Of the seven sailors named on this plaque who died in 1952, five died on April 17, and two died on April 18, presumably under the same circumstances.
  • Memorial Plaque– Dedication Plaque, Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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    Memorial Plaque – Dedication Plaque, Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Monument– Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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    Monument – Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– This Stained Glass Window at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in 12 Wing Canadian Forces Base Shearwater includes four badges: HMCS Shearwater, HMCS Warrior, HMCS Magnificent, and HMCS Bonaventure. The caption states: 1945 Fifty years of Naval Air 1995 For those in peril on the sea

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    Memorial Stained Glass
    Memorial Stained Glass – This Stained Glass Window at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in 12 Wing Canadian Forces Base Shearwater includes four badges: HMCS Shearwater, HMCS Warrior, HMCS Magnificent, and HMCS Bonaventure. The caption states: 1945 Fifty years of Naval Air 1995 For those in peril on the sea
  • Newspaper Clipping– This news report appears at page 31 of the June 1952 issue of the Crowsnest, the Royal Canadian Navy's magazine. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario.)

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – This news report appears at page 31 of the June 1952 issue of the Crowsnest, the Royal Canadian Navy's magazine. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario.)

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