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MEMORIAL OF
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
A RECORD OF SERVICE


PUBLISHED BY THE
BANK OF MONTREAL
IN HONOUR OF THE MEMBERS
OF ITS STAFF WHO SERVED WITH
THE COLOURS

"HE LEAVES A WHITE UNBROKEN GLORY, A GATHERED RADIANCE,
A WIDTH, A SHINING PIECE OVER THE NIGHT"
from THE DEAD

WAR SERVICE RECORDS
1939-1945

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR
SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE
STAFF DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR


THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
1947

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND TO THOSE WHO SURVIVING THE WAR, HAVE EITHER RETURNED TO DUTY WITH THIS BANK OR FOUND THEIR VOCATION IN OTHER FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR.

THE KOREAN VETERANS
ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
MEMORIAL BOOK

LIVRE COMMÉMORATIF
ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE
DES VÉTÉRANS DE LA CORÉE


KOREAN WAR 1950-53
AND PEACEKEEPING 1953-56

GUERRE DE LA CORÉE 1950-53
ET MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX 1953-56


WALL OF REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE (UNIT 57)
COMITÉ DU MONUMENT NATIONAL (UNITÉ 57)

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IN LASTING MEMORY OF
REAR-ADMIRAL
WALTER HOSE
C.B.E., R.C.N.
1877 – 1965

RECOGNIZED AS THE FATHER OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, AND FOUNDER OF
THE NAVAL RESERVES OF CANADA. HE WAS
THE FIRST CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.

IN ADVERSITY NEITHER POLITICS,
LACK OF MONEY, NOR RIDICULE
COULD BEAT THE DETERMINATION
AND COURAGE OF THIS OFFICER.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE R.C.N. & R.C.N.R. AND DEDICATED THE
2ND OCTOBER, 1967, ON THE 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BIRTH OF REAR-ADMIRAL HOSE. IT IS THEIR TRIBUTE
TO A GREAT AND GALLANT SAILOR-WARRIOR.

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CANADA

IN MEMORY OF 2200 KNOWN CANADIAN
MERCHANT SEAMEN AND 91 VESSELS
LOST BY ENEMY ACTION AND THOSE WHO
SERVED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

A LA MÉMOIRE DES 2200 MARINS MARCHANDS
ET DES 91 VAVIRES CANADIENS QUI ONT PÉRU
LORS DES HOSTILITÉS ET A TOUS CEUX QUI
ONT SERVI LA CAUSE DE LA LIBERTÉ.

COMMEMORATING/COMMEMORANT
WORLD WAR I 1914 - 1918 LA PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE
WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE
KOREAN CONFLICT 1950 - 1953 LA GUERRE DE COREE

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CANADIAN VESSELS LOST BY ENEMY ACTION/NAVIRES CANADIENS PORTÉS DISPARUS

World War I 
1914 - 1918

Schr C.M. Walters, Schr L.C. Tower, Schr E.B. Walters, Schr Uda A. Saunders, Schr Pasadena, Schr Gloaming, Schr Potentate, Schr Verna D. Adams, Schr Elsie Porter, Schr Minas Queen, Schr St. Olaf, Schr Harry W. Adams, Schr Perce, SS Dundee, Schr Mayola, Schr Thomas, Schr Willena Gertrude, Schr Lucille M. Schnare, Schr Dorfontein, Schr Industrial, SS Empress Fort Wm., SS D.A. Gordon, SS Luz Blanca, SS Freshfield

World War II
1939 - 1945
SS Erik Boye, SS Magog, SS Waterloo, SS Thorold, SS Kenordoc, SS St Malo, SS Trevisa, SS Maple Court, SS Canadian Cruiser, SS A.D. Huff, SS J.B. White, MV Canadolite, SS Portadoc, MV Europa, SS Collingdoc, MV Vancouver Island, SS Shinai, SS Lady Hawkins, MV Montrolite, SS Empress of Asia, MV Victolite, SS George L. Torian, SS Lennox, SS Sarniadoc, SS Robert W. Pomeroy, SS Vineland, SS Jasper Park, SS Watuka, SS Lady Drake, SS Mont Louis, MV Calgarolite, SS Torontodoc, SS Troisdoc, SS Frank B. Baird, SS Liverpool Packet, MV Nipiwan Park, MV Lucille M., SS Prescodoc, SS Fort St. Nicholas, SS Donald Stewart, SS Lord Strathcona, SS John A. Holloway, SS Oakton, SS Norfolk, SS Carolus, SS Bic Island, SS Rosecastle, SS Chr J. Kampmann, SS Angelus, Schr James E Newsom, Schr Mildred Pauline, SS Albert C. Field, SS Cornwallis, SS Pt. Pleasant Park, SS Taber Park, SS Avondale Park, SS Lady Nelson, Schr Mona Marie, SS Fort Bellingham, SS Fort Athabasca, SS Princess Marquerite, SS Fort Missanabie, SS Fort Norfolk, SS Fort aisonneuve, SS Fort Fidler, SS Fort MacPherson, SS Fort Glouchester

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THE SAILOR STATUE REPRESENTING THOSE VALIANT YOUNG CANADIANS WHO SERVED
IN BOTH WAR AND PEACE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE THOUSANDS OF SAILORS WHO WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE VICTORY AND A FITTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THOSE
WHO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE.

THE ATLANTIC CHIEF AND PETTY OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION

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Halifax Foundation
THE CENOTAPH,
GRAND PARADE

LIGHTING AND
MAINTENANCE SUPPORT BY
HALIFAX FOUNDATION

"NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS, NOTHING TO WAIL OR
KNOCK THE BREAST, NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT,
DISPRAISE OR BLAME
NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR, AND
WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE..."

JOHN MILTON, "SAMSON AGONISTES"
FROM THE CENOTAPH UNVEILING BY FORMER PRIME
MINISTER Sir ROBERT BORDEN, 1 JULY 1929

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IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL

1914 1918
1939 1945
1950 1953

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AMIENS
ARRAS
CANAL DU NORD
CAMBRAI

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SOMME
VIMY YPRES
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN
SICILY LANDINGS
GOTHIC LINE
FALAISE GAP
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
ORTONA
NORMANDY LANDING
BATTLE OF THE SCHELDT
BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND
THE RHINE CROSSING

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IN THE CITY ARCHIVES
ARE TREASURED THE NAMES OF
THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY MEN
AND WOMEN WHOSE SACRIFICE IS
PERPETUATED BY THIS MEMORIAL
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
AND IN KOREA 1950-1953

one low quality image in memorial electronic file. Photos medium quality dated 1995 in paper file.

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NORWAY

IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF
THE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT NAVY,
ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY
AND ROYAL NORWEGIAN ARMY
WHO WERE LOST AT SEA OR WERE BURIED
IN NOVA SCOTIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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HARDWOOD HILL CEMETERY, SYDNEY

GUNDERSEN, ELIAS BUERSTAD, buried

ST. JOHN CEMEMTERY, FAIRVIEW

ANDERSEN, ANDERS, buried 27.11.1944, age
BARØ, ANDERS, buried 26.3.1943, age 40
BECKLUND, LEONARD, buried 24.12.1942, age 46
EILERTSEN, ERLING, buried 24.11.1942, age 46
JOHANNESSEN, SVERRE, burried 13.10.1942, age 40
JOHANSEN, ARNOLD, buried 42.1943, age 22
LEITHE, ARNOLD, buried 15.1.1943, age 38
OPSTAD, FINN, buried 13.10.1973, age 23

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ABRAHAMSEN, ALF, buried 27.7.1942, age 28
ANDREASSEN, HANS EGIL, buried 12.2.1942, age 53
BERGSLID, PAULUS, buried 22.2.1942, age 53
BREIVIK, JØRGEN, buried 14.5.1942, age
ELGESEM, HANS HJ, buried 1.10.1942, age 51
HALVORSEN, ERLING, buried 23.6.1942, age 24
JOHANSEN, HANS ALF, buried 26.4.1941, age 44
JOHASSEN, ANKER, buried 2.11.1944, age 40
JØRGENSEN, NORMAN, buried 18.11.1940, age 18
KRØBLE, SIVERT, buried 4.3.1942, age 59
LARSEN, KRISTIAN, buried 8.2.1942, age 30
LØSNÆS, EINAR HARALD, buried 12.4.1941, age 17

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MIDBØE, MATHIAS, buried 4.4.1942, age 42
MOEN, HANS, buried 9.9.1940, age 29
NILSEN, AUGUST, buried 26.5.1942, age 22
THOSEN, THORLEIF, buried 4.11.1940, age 42
TJØM, THOMAS, buried 21.1.1941, age 21

HILLCREST CEMETERY, LUNENBURG

ASKELAND, ODDMUN, buried 8.12.1940, age 32
MIKKELSEN, RUDOLF JOHAN, buried 4.7.1941, age 51
NILSEN, TORLEIF INGERMANN, buried 3.1.1941, age 20
SKIFJELD, HERMAN, buried 13.1.1941, age 35