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Joseph Robert Jacques Cambray

In memory of:

Able Seaman Joseph Robert Jacques Cambray

March 28, 1949
South of McNab Island, Nova Scotia

Military Service


Service Number:

N51083

Age:

20

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Navy

Division:

HMCS Shearwater

Additional Information


Born:

May 25, 1928
Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 10, 1946
Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec

Son of Joseph Alfred and Therese (nee Ayotte) Cambray of Cap de la Madeleine, Québec. Brother of Claude and Michelle.

Commemorated on Page 8 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.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BURIAL AT SEA
*N/A*

Grave Reference:

N/A

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– This article appeared, at page 3, in the May 1949 issue of the Crowsnest, the magazine of the Royal Canadian Navy.  (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario.)
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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 Ffty years of Naval Air 1995
For those in peril on the sea

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