Military service
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO) - RCN / HMCS Assiniboine - Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 12 December 1942 and London Gazette of 3 December 1942.
"For gallantry, devotion to duty and distinguished service under fire."
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - RCN / HMCS Athabaskan - Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 9 September 1944 and London Gazette of 11 July 1944.
"For good service in action with enemy destroyers. For leadership, resolution and skill in His Majesty Ships Black Prince and Ashanti and His Majesty Canadian Ships Athabaskan, Haida and Huron in a successful action with enemy destroyers in the English Channel."
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-45 War Medal.
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Photo of John Hamilton Stubbs.
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Grave of LCdr John Hamilton Stubbs, DSO, DSC. -
Article
Local Hereos article about Lieutenant-Commander John Hamilton Stubbs. Reprinted with permission by author, Michael Whitby, Historian, Directorate of History and Heritage, National Defence, Ottawa -
Biography
Local Hereos article about Lieutenant-Commander John Hamilton Stubbs. Reprinted with permission by author, Michael Whitby, Historian, Directorate of History and Heritage, National Defence, Ottawa -
Photo of John Hamilton Stubbs.
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
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Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander John Hamilton Stubbs
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 455 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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