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John Edward White

In memory of:

Petty Officer 1st Class John Edward White

May 6, 1954
Open sea enroute to Bermuda

Military Service

Service Number:

N15774

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

HMCS Shearwater

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Additional Information

Born:

December 9, 1922
Dunnville, Ontario

Enlistment:

April 4, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Wilfred and Gertrude (nee Bowden) White of Dunnville, Ontario. Husband of Joy Mary Josephine (nee Mitchell) White and father of Janet L., Linda G. and John M. White of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Brother of Wilfred Belmont White.

Commemorated on Page 50 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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    Photo of John Edward White
  • Memorial Plaque– Petty Officer 1st Class JOHN EDWARD WHITE is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation Newsletter Summer 2002, Petty Officer 1st Class WHITE, Sub-Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER MACLEOD, Sub-Lieutenant ROBERT HENRY JONES and Sub-Lieutenant JAMES DOUGLAS HOLDEN died on May 6, 1954 when “Avenger 85832 of 880 Squadron, while flying back from Bermuda to RCNAS Shearwater in formation, dropped out and crashed in the sea approximately 75 miles south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia“.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Petty Officer 1st Class JOHN EDWARD WHITE is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation Newsletter Summer 2002, Petty Officer 1st Class WHITE, Sub-Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER MACLEOD, Sub-Lieutenant ROBERT HENRY JONES and Sub-Lieutenant JAMES DOUGLAS HOLDEN died on May 6, 1954 when “Avenger 85832 of 880 Squadron, while flying back from Bermuda to RCNAS Shearwater in formation, dropped out and crashed in the sea approximately 75 miles south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia“.
  • 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
    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

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