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Arthur Haliburton King

In memory of:

Ordinary Seaman Arthur Haliburton King

September 13, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

V/452

Age:

18

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Ottawa

Additional Information


Son of Mary L. King, of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 87 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Panel 9.

Location:

The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:

1914-1939
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of ARTHUR HALIBURTON KING– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Stained Glass– 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. 

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Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham 
Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall 
John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver 
George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver 
John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty 
Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin 
Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil 
Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman 
Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed 
James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed 
Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson 
Charles Murray Lawson  

World War II

Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen 
George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick 
Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt 
Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity 
Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon 
Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson 
Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter 
Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott 
Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising 
Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards 
Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger 
Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson 
Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner 
Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker 
Arthur Haliburton King  

Korean War

Cyril Harriot
Hugh Meynell

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