Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) Officers 1939-1945

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Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) Officers
1939-1945

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Abbott,
Charlotte Macaulay
C.M. Abbott ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944 [0-1010]

28.11.1943
-
(05.1945)
Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for watchkeeping duties)

Acton,
Ina Gertrude
I.G. Acton
Married ... Guile. 1918 ?
-

T/S.Lt. (S) 21.10.1944 [0-1074]

26.10.1944 - (05.1945) RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

(04.1946) no appointment listed

Allen,
Nora Jarvis
N.J. Allen ?
-

T/Lt.
01.12.1942 [0-1770]

26.08.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, British Columbia [HMCS Givenchy]

Alley,
Frances Marietta Malins
F.M.M. Alley (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

Wren ?

T/S.Lt. (S) 21.10.1944 [0-1806]

(08.1943) Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC

Anderson,
Alice Margaret
A.M. Anderson ?
-

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.03.1944 [0-2000]

02.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
[Censor Officer?,] RCN Barracks, Shelburne, Nova Scotia ]HMCS Shelburne (depot ship, Shelburne, Nova Scotia)]

Ashdown,
Dorothea May
(née Buck)
D.M. Ashdown
?
-
1952

T/Lt.
01.05.1944 [0-3108]

04.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, St. John, New Brunswick [HMCS Captor]

Aves,
Sarah Ann
S.A. Aves ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944 [0-3390]

09.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

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Bacon,
Hilda Brunyee
H.B. Bacon ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944 [0-3520]

?
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Baines,
Margaret Allport
M.A. Baines
Daughter of Richard Allport Baines (1867-1951), and Henrietta Hamilton Moore (?-1952), of Huron Street. 1910
-
04.02.2011
The Balmoral Club, Toronto, Ontario
[age 100]

T/S.Lt. 24.06.1944 [0-3687]

T/Lt. 24.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

Education: Bishop Strachan School, Toronto.

served in Winnipeg & Ottawa:

(05.1945) Naval Service HQ [HMCS Bytown] *

(07.1945) no appointment listed

(04.1946) no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Bancroft,
Catherine M
C.M. Bancroft (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? [0-4164]

22.12.1944 - (05.1945) on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Bankier,
Margaret Mary
M.M. Bankier
Daughter of Kathleen Easter and Dougal Stuart Bankier.
Married Lt.Cdr. Ian Angus, RCNVR (29.05.1916 - 11.06.1989); five daughters, three sons. 02.10.1920
Hamilton, Ontario
-
30.12.2011
Vancouver, British Columbia

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.04.1943 [0-4200]

T/Lt. 03.04.1944

03.04.1943 - (08.)1943 Duty Operations Officer, Operations Division, Naval Staff, Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown]

06.10.1943 - (05.)1944 HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for Operations Staff)

05.06.1944 - (11.1944) HMCS Fort Ramsay (RCN base, Gaspe, Quebec) (for Operations Staff)

09.01.1945 - (05.)1945 HMCS Captor (RCN base, St. John's, New Brunswick) (for Operations Staff)

(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed

Bannatyne,
Elizabeth Anne
E.A. Bannatyne ?
-

T/Lt.
03.04.1944 [0-4210]

06.10.1943
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Barker,
Jean Antoinette
J.A. Barker ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-4455]

15.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Bassingthwaight,
Beryl Bessie
B.B. Bassingthwaight ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944 [0-4800]

08.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operational Signals Section, Signal Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Belyea,
Helen Reynolds
11.02.1913
St. John, N.Br.
-
20.05.1986
Calgary

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
04.12.1944 [0-5807]

- OC
1967
?

?
-
(05.1945)
Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

post-war

Geological Survey of Canada

Belyea,
Marjorie Ruth
M.R. Belyea ?
-

T/Lt.
03.07.1944 [0-5830]

15.06.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Benson,
Etheldred Dorothy
E.D. Benson ?
-

T/Lt.
04.12.1944 [0-5955]

?
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Bytown (depot ship for NSHQ)

Berry,
Anna Freda Elizabeth
A.F.E. Berry ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-6116]

14.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Bindman,
Frieda Carol
F.C. Bindman ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944 [0-6470]

08.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

Bow,
Elsie Alfreda
E.A. Bow ?
-

T/Lt.
03.04.1944 [0-7940]

15.03.1945
-
(05.1945)
Extended Defence Staff, Commander of the Port, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Brackenridge,
Joan
J. Brackenridge (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1944 [0-8213]

22.01.1945 - (05.1945) Intelligence Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Bradley,
Doris
D. Bradley ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-8226]

28.08.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Briscoe,
Margaret Elizabeth
M.E. Briscoe ?
-

T/Lt.
14.11.1944 [0-8770]

24.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, British Columbia [HMCS Givenchy]

Brock,
Eileen
G.A. Brodie 14.05.1921
-
02.01.2007

T/S.Lt.
03.04.1943 [0-????]

?
-
?
?

Brodie,
Grace Alexandra
?
-

T/Lt.
15.08.1943 [0-8990]

18.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Hochelaga (depot ship, Montreal, Qu.)

Bruce,
Dorothy Mary
D.M. Bruce ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944 [0-9870]

15.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Esquimalt, British Columbia [HMCS Givenchy]

Buck,
Clara Henrietta
C.H. Buck ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945 [0-10070]

12.07.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia)

Buckley,
Elizabeth Mabel
"Betty"
E.M. Buckley
twin sister of M.C. Buckley ?
Ottawa
-
(age 85 in 2003)

T/S.Lt.
21.10.1944 [0-10097]

?
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Stadacona

post-war

assistant registrar at Carleton College

Buckley,
Margaret Celia
M.C. Buckley
(later married: Stiles, M.C.)
twin sister of E.M. Buckley ?
Ottawa
-
(age 85 in 2003)

T/Lt.
22.05.1944 [0-10150]

08.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]

post-war

External Affairs, Canadian Federal Government

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Cairns,
Violet Balfour
V.B. Cairns
?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt. (S)
18.11.1944? [0-11173]

Lt. (S)
18.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(05.1945)

Maintenance and Construction, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)] *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Campbell,
Stella
S. Campbell (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/Lt. 12.06.1944 [0-11880]

(08.1943) Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC

18.05.1944 - (05.1945) Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

Carruthers,
Janet Louise
J.L. Carruthers (Photo courtesy of Andrea Derungs)
Daughter of George and Clara Carruthers. 14.01.1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
28.04.1996
Winnipeg, Manitoba

T/3/O 06.01.1943 [0-12480]

T/Lt. 15.08.1943

20.08.1943 - (11.1944) HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)

14.01.1945 - (05.)1945 Personnel and Welfare Section, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]

(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed

A relative writes: "Our understanding is that she was one of the first to graduate in the WRCNS in August 1942, whereupon she received her commission and became a training officer in Vancouver and then England. She apparently led the WCRNS in the Victory Parade in London at the end of the war. There is also a photo of her being inspected by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, but that may have been taken when she was part of the Mechanised Transport Unit in England earlier in the war."

Cate,
Caroline Helen
C.H. Cate
Daughter of the late Carroll Cate, and Maida LeBaron, and step-daughter of the late Elizabeth Shurtleff.
Married Robert Evans (died 08.2002); two daughters, one son.
02.01.1922
North Hatley, Que.
-
25.07.2008
Empress Kanata Retirement Residence, Kanata, Ont.
[Lakeview Cemetery, North Hatley, Que.]

T/Paym.Lt. =
T/Lt. (S)
20.03.1944 [0-12840] (reld > 04.1946)

25.12.1944
-
(04.1946)
Personnel and Welfare Section, HMCS Niobe (Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, Smithsonian Institute, nr Greenock, Scotland)

Chapman,
Ella Maye
E.M. Chapman ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944 [0-13150]

27.01.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operational Signals Section, Signal Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for Staff Duty Officer duties)

Chivers,
Winnifred Ruth
W.R. Chivers ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944 [0-13678]

06.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Christie,
Daphne Elizabeth
D.E. Christie ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944 [0-13780]

18.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Christie,
Norma Bell
N.B. Christie ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945 [0-13795]

?
-
(05.1945) HMCS Niobe

Clark,
Marion Elizabeth
(née Kerr)
M.E. Clark ?
-

T/Lt.
15.08.1943 [0-14119]

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
1945

11.05.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon]

Cogdon,
Joan
J. Cogdon ?
-

T/Lt.
04.12.1944 [0-14666]

20.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Port Communication Officer, Prince Rupert, British Columbia [HMCS Chatham]

Cooper,
Norah Janetta
N.J. Cooper
Daughter (with two sisters) of James Ogle Cooper (1868-1930), and Janetta Rosemond Clark (1868-). Home: Charles Street, Toronto, Ont.
18.04.1906
Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario
-
1993
Toronto, Ontario

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.03.1944 [0-15680] (reld 21.03.1946; medically unfit)

MBE
14.06.1945
16.06.1945
HM's birthday 45 *

* This Officer has shown exception competency and devotion to duty resulting in the efficient organization of Box 9000, Montreal, Quebec, and subsequently the early receipt of parcels and mail by Merchant Seaman and D.E.M.S. personnel. The cheerful manner and energy displayed by Lieutenant Cooper has been an inspiration to both Officers and rating serving under her.

19.07.1943
-
(05.1945)
Merchant Navy Mail Service, Naval Control Service, HMCS Hochelaga (depot ship, Montreal, Qu.)

Worked until retirement in hotel management here in Ontario at The Briars on Lake Simcoe.

Crawford-Smith,
Jean
J. Crawford-Smith ?
-
13.11.1996

T/Lt.
20.03.1944 [0-16590] (reld > 04.1946)

20.03.1943
-
(05.1945)
Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for watchkeeping duties)

Cross,
Evelyn Campbell
E.C. Cross ?
-
c. 1970/71

T/Lt.
01.01.1944 [0-16980]

01.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Toronto Division RCNVR [HMCS York]

Crowther,
Betty Yvonne Cavendish
B.Y.C. Crowther 1910
-

T/Lt.
04.12.1944 [0-17135]

01.09.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Shelburne, Nova Scotia [HMCS Shelburne]

Currie,
Mary Honor Marguerite
M.H.M. Currie ?
-

T/Lt.
15.10.1943 [0-17550]

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

11.01.1943
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Bytown (depot ship for NSHQ)

Curry,
Sylvia Evelyn Ruth
(née Salkeld)
S.E.R. Curry (Photo courtesy of Jane W. Cowan)
Married (04.09.1944, King's College Chapel, Halifax, NS) then Lt. William George Curry, RCNVR; two sons, one daughter. 31.07.1915
-
03.10.2002

T/S.Lt. 07.04.1944

T/Lt. 07.04.1945 [0-17568]

11.04.1944 - (07.1945) Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

(04.1946) no appointment listed

Curts,
Annie Eliza
A.E. Curts ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944 [0-17600]

23.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Prince Rupert, British Columbia [HMCS Chatham]

Cuttle,
Harriet McLeod
H.M. Cuttle ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945 [0-17663]

11.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

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Dawson,
Mary Christabel
M.C. Dawson ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-18687]

?
-
(05.1945)
Operational Signals Section, Signal Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for Staff Duty Officer duties)

Derby,
Agnes Isabel
A.I. Derby ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-19185]

25.05.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (depot ship)]

Dixon,
Dorothy Lillian
D.L. Dixon ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944 [0-19810]

18.11.1943
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Dobson,
Anne Sheila
A.S. Dobson 1923
-

T/S.Lt.
18.11.1944 [0-19903]

09.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Dobson,
Edith Archibald
E.A. Dobson 1897
-
1990

T/Lt.
15.03.1943 [0-19920] (reld > 04.1946)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

12.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe] (for duty with Navy Show)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Dobson,
Joan Congreve
J.C. Dobson 1923
-

T/S.Lt.
18.11.1944 [0-19923]

09.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Drummond,
Margaret Warda
M.W. Drummond ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944 [0-20840]

09.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Gaspe, Que. [HMCS Fort Ramsay]

Duddles,
Constance M
C.M. Duddles (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/S.Lt. 20.02.1943 [0-?????]]

T/Lt. 1944

(08.1943) Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, DC

Dufresne,
Mary Angela
(née Gonthier)
M.A. Dufresne ?
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.)
01.05.1943 [0-21025]

T/Lt.
01.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

01.05.1943
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Captain (D) Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Dunlop,
Jeannie Louise
J.L. Dunlop ?
-

T/Lt.
03.04.1944 [0-21160]

07.12.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Niobe

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Farmer,
Madge Grace Jean
M.G.J. Farmer ?
-

T/S.Lt.
12.08.1944 [0-23013]

T/Lt.
12.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

12.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, NS) ?

Fess,
Betty
B. Fess
Married (1945, St John's, Nfld.) Surgeon G.H. Wheelock.
?
-

T/Lt.
20.03.1944 [0-23460] (reld < 04.1946)

23.09.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's, Nfld.)]

Finch,
Gladys Kathleen
G.K. Finch ?
-

T/Lt.
12.06.1944 [0-23580]

12.06.1943
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Captain (D) Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Fisher,
Mary Elizabeth
M.E. Fisher
Married ... Lawson.
?
-
28.04.2004
Toronto, Ont.

T/Lt.
06.03.1944 [0-23820] (reld < 04.1946)

05.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Naval Distributing Section, Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Foster,
Joan Elizabeth
J.E. Foster ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945 [0-24627]

01.02.1945
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (depot ship, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Fraser,
Meta Doreen Eliot
M.D.E. Fraser (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/S.Lt. (S) 18.11.1944 [0-25144]

(1945) Secretariat on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

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Gerrie,
Catherine Lorraine
C.L. Gerrie ?
-

T/Lt.
03.07.1944 [0-26740]

30.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, RCN College [HMCS Royal Roads]

Gisborne,
Margaret Sacheverell
M.S. Gisborne ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944 [0-27330]

27.01.1944
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (depot ship, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Goode,
Sheila Margaret
(née Sharpe)
S.M. Goode
Daughter (with one sister) of Noble Carman Sharpe (1888-1982), and Mary Cummings (1888-1961).
Married (Newfoundland) Lt. Cephas Edward Goode, RCNVR; two sons, one daughter. 15.11.1921
Toronto, Ontario
-
27.05.1987
Hamilton, Ontario

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.10.1944 [0-27725]

06.11.1944 - (05.1945) Intelligence Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Gould,
Helen Florence
H.F. Gould
Married ... Catton.
?
-
22.01.2001

T/S.Lt.
26.02.1944 [0-28155]

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

09.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Gaspe, Que. [HMCS Fort Ramsay]

Graham,
Alexandra Euphemia
A.E. Graham ?
-

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1944 [0-28330]

19.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
for duty with Director, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service [Naval Service HQ, Naval Personnel Branch, Ottawa]

Griffiths,
Olwen Beatrice
O.B. Griffiths ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945 [0-29464]

15.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Gundersen,
Sylvia Rita
(née Bury)
S.R. Gundersen ?
-

T/Lt.
12.06.1944 [0-29674] (reld > 04.1946)

12.06.1943
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

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Hall,
Norma Caroline
N.C. Hall ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945

04.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
Coverdale Special W/T Station, RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Hanna,
Julia Victoria
J.V. Hanna ?
-

T/Lt.
04.12.1944

14.05.1945
-
(05.1945)
Toronto Division RCNVR [HMCS York]

Hardy,
Alison Taylor
A.T. Hardy ?
-
05.04.1992

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
18.09.1944

27.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Intelligence Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Harrison,
Mary Gladys
M.G. Harrison 1918
-
26.12.2005

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
07.04.1945 [0-31253]

19.03.1945

-

(05.1945)

Naval Intelligence Division 2 (Enemy Shipping and General), Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Hazelwood,
Marjorie Hilda
M.H. Hazelwood ?
-

T/Lt.
01.01.1944

01.01.1944
-
(05.1945)
Port Arthur Division RCNVR [HMCS Griffon]

Hendry,
Carol Elizabeth
C.E. Hendry ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

01.05.1943
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Captain (D) Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Hilborn,
Mary Margaret
M.M. Hilborn ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944

?
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Holmes,
Muriel Margaret
M.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1944 [0-33870]

07.08.1944 - (05.1945) on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Holroyde,
Phyllis Eva
P.E. Holroyde ?
-

T/Lt.
01.01.1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

01.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Peregrine (RCN depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia)

I
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Irving,
Adele Margaret
A.M. Irving ?
-

T/Lt.
20.03.1944

08.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Extended Defence Staff, Commander of the Port, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Isherwood,
Dorothy
D. Isherwood ?
-
2001
(age 95)

WRNS:

Superintendent
11.06.1944

03.1943
-
09.1943
Director, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service

01.08.1944
-
(07.1945)
Superintendent WRNS, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa]

J
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Jess,
Elizabeth Margaret
E.M. Jess ?
-

T/Lt.
06.03.1944

09.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Unit Officer, HMCS St. Hyacinthe (RCN signal school, St. Hyacinthe, Que.)

Johnson,
Mary Mabel
M.M. Johnson ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

16.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Jones,
Mary Elizabeth
M.E. Jones ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

10.03.1943
-
(05.1945)
Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for watchkeeping duties)

K
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Kennedy,
Winnifred Bessie
W.B. Kennedy ?
-

T/Lt.
14.08.1944

16.03.1945
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (depot ship)]

Kerrigan,
Barbara Frances
B.F. Kerrigan ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

25.11.1943
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

L
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Languedoc,
Johanne Drury
J.D. Languedoc ?
-

T/Lt.
20.03.1944

06.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Latimer,
Florence Esther
F.E. Latimer ?
-
19.11.1994

T/Lt.
14.08.1944

12.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Niobe

Little,
Eleanor Grace
O.E. Little
Married Paul Pillon.
?
-
09.01.1992
London, Ont.

T/S.Lt.
12.08.1944 [0-42236]

T/Lt.
12.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

25.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Little,
Olive Eleanora
O.E. Little ?
-

T/Lt.
14.08.1944

16.08.1943
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Lyons,
Winnifred Grace
W.G. Lyons 15.08.1908, or
18.08.1908
-
25.05.1006

T/Lt.
07.04.1945

05.07.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Lytle,
Anne Margaret
A.M. Lytle ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944

05.05.1945
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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MacDonald,
Elisabeth McIntosh
E.M. MacDonald ?
-

T/Lt.
14.08.1944

16.08.1943
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Macdonald,
Helen Marian
H.M. Macdonald ?
-

T/Lt.
? [0-43800]

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1944

MBE
01.01.1946
05.01.1946
New Year 46

12.05.1943
-
1944
Executive Officer, HMCS Conestoga (WRCNS training establishment, Galt, Ont.)
[according to Navy List of 06.1944 "in command"]

04.12.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Macdonald,
Sheliah Scott
S.S. Macdonald ?
-

T/Lt.
03.04.1944

20.09.1943
-
(05.1945)
Toronto Division RCNVR [HMCS York]

MacEwen,
Freda Elizabeth
F.E. MacEwen ?
-

T/Lt.
03.07.1944

13.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff, Washington

MacKay,
Ada Hazen
A.H. MacKay
Married F/Lt. James Donald Inches , DFC, RCAF (1921? - 14.11.2004), son of James A. and Helen Lousie Inches of St. Stephen, NB. ?
-

T/S.Lt. 18.09.1943 [0-44440] (reld < 04.1946)

T/Lt. 18.09.1944

09.04.1945 - (05.1945) Communications Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Mackie,
Margaret
M. Mackie ?
-
c. 1970/71

T/Lt.
01.12.1943

?
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Stadacona (for disposal or under training)

Macneill,
Isabel Janet
I.J. Macneill ?
-
18.08.1990
Mill Village, Nova Scotia

T/Lt.Cdr.
17.03.1943

T/Cdr.
01.07.1944 (reld 22.04.1946)

OBE
08.06.1944
HM's birthday

OC
18.12.1971

01.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMCS Conestoga (WRCNS training establishment, Galt, Ont.)

20.04.1944
-
(07.1945)
CO HMCS Conestoga (WRCNS training establishment, Galt, Ont.)

1954

Staff Officer (Wrens) to the Chief of Naval Staff [HMCS Cornwallis]

career in women's correctional services

Madgwick,
Dorothy Winnifred Mary
D.W.M. Madgwick ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

12.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]

Mannard,
Florence Ada
F.A. Mannard ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

02.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Staff Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

Mannard,
Frances Edith Margaret
F.E.M. Mannard ?
-

T/Lt.
12.06.1944

?
-
(05.1945)
Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Mathewson,
Eleanor Weld
E.W. Mathewson ?
-
11.03.2004

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

02.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Staff Naval Officer-in-Charge, Quebec [HMCS Chaleur]

Matthews,
Joyce Winter
J.W. Matthews ?
-

T/Lt.
06.03.1944

24.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Burrard (depot ship)

Maxwell,
Margaret Lilian
M.L. Maxwell ?
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
16.09.1944

23.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
Intelligence Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

McCallum,
Eleanor
E. McCallum ?
-

T/Lt.
01.07.1943

20.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Bytown (depot ship for NSHQ)

McConnan,
Kathleen Patricia
K.P. McConnan ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944

20.09.1943 - (05.1945) Communication Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

McLoughlin,
Edith Mary
E.M. McLoughlin (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/S.Lt. (S) 16.12.1944 [0-50344]

12.02.1945 - (05.1945) Secretary to Chief of Staff to Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

McNichol,
Marjorie Alexandria
K.P. McConnan
Married (post-war) Lt. John Lawrence Knox, RCNVR; two sons, one daughter. ?
-

T/Paym.S.Lt. 20.03.1943 [0-50635]

T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 20.03.1944

(04.1944) no appointment listed

(06.1944) no appointment listed

(10.1944) no appointment listed

28.12.1944 - (05.1945) for duty with the Canadian Naval Attaché, Washington [HMCS Bytown (for special services)]

(07.1945) no appointment listed

(04.1946) no appointment listed

Merrill,
Grace Lillian
G.L. Merrill ?
-

T/Lt.
22.05.1944

15.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Bytown (depot ship for NSHQ)

Mignault,
Valerie
V. Mignault ?
-

T/Lt.
01.07.1944

26.11.1943
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Mills,
Evelyn Marjorie
E.M. Mills ?
-
29.09.1986

T/Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1943

T/A/Cdr.
?

01.10.1942
-
(05.1945)
for duty with Director, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service [Naval Service HQ, Naval Personnel Branch, Ottawa]

Mills,
Mary Effie Frances
M.E.F. Mills 04.1910
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

MBE
13.06.1946
HM's birthday

08.09.1944
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Moore,
Alice Frieda
A.F. Moore ?
-

T/Lt. (S)
26.02.1945

07.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
Command Supply Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Moore,
Margaret Byrd
M.B. Moore ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

20.09.1943
-
(05.1945)
Miscellaneous Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Moore,
Ruth Eva
R.E. Moore ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

20.09.1943
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Morgan,
Mona Isobel
M.I. Morgan ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

01.05.1943
-
(05.1945)
Operations Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Morris,
Phoebe Sybil Katheryn
P.S.K. Morris
Daughter (with one sister) of John Alexander Morris, and Annie Josephine Morrow, both of Northern Ireland.
Married (09.1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba) then Lt. (L), later Cdr. (L) Donald Clark, RCN; one daughter, one son. 17.01.1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
-
28.02.1984
St Joseph's Hospital, Comox, British Columbia (after surviving a severe stroke in 1975 from chronic high blood pressure)

T/S.Lt. 06.03.1943 [0-53350]

T/Lt. 06.03.1944

Education: Rupert's Land School for Girls; St John's College, University of Manitoba (...-1941).

was in the first class of Wrens and was posted as Secretary to Angus L MacDonald in Ottawa, Ont. [HMCS Bytown?]

15.09.1944 - 06.1945 RCN Barracks, St John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon]

11.06.1945 - (04.1946) RCN Barracks, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona]

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Newman,
Dorothy Catherine
D.C. Newman ?
-

T/Lt. (S)
04.12.1944

06.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Personal Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St John's)]

Newman,
Edith Lillian
?
-

T/Lt. (S)
12.06.1944 [0-55200]

MBE
1946
?

25.08.1943
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, NS)

O
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Oates,
Hannah Catherine
H.C. Oates ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945

21.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Shelburne, Nova Scotia [HMCS Shelburne]

Ockenden,
Dorothy Helen
D.H. Ockenden ?
-

T/Lt.
01.07.1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

12.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia)

Ogilvy,
Constance Eileen
C.E. Ogilvy ?
-

T/Lt.
14.08.1944

04.05.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

O'Reilly,
Isabel Margaret
I.M. O'Reilly ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

16.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Operational Signals Section, Signal Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for Staff Duty Officer duties)

O'Toole,
Marion Josephine
M.J. O'Toole ?
-

T/Lt.
03.04.1944

27.01.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff, Washington

P
top

Parker,
Francis Rachel
F.R. Parker ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

20.06.1944
-
(05.1945)
Extended Defence, Commander of the Port, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (depot ship)

Parsons,
Helen Marie
H.M. Parsons ?
-

T/S.Lt.
27.05.1944

17.08.1944
-
(05.1945)
for duty with Director, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service [Naval Service HQ, Naval Personnel Branch, Ottawa, Ont.]

Paul,
Anne Kathleen
A.K. Paul ?
-

T/Lt. (S)
14.08.1944 [0-58020]

?
-
(05.1945)
Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ont.

Paul,
Margaret Irene
M.I. Paul ?
-

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
04.12.1944 [0-58047]

28.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
Coverdale Special Wireless/Telegraphy Station [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)]

Peacock,
Eleanor Louise
E.L. Peacock ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945

08.09.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, British Columbia [HMCS Givenchy]

Pitcher,
Mary Elizabeth
M.E. Pitcher ?
-

T/Lt.
06.03.1944

15.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Pope,
Diana Neville
D.N. Pope ?
-

T/Lt.
07.04.1945

10.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Pound,
Marjorie Reynolds
M.R. Pound ?
-
12.09.2002
Ottawa

T/Lt. (S)
03.07.1944

T/Lt.Cdr. (S)
?

?
-
(05.1945)
Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

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Rasmussen,
Betty Elsine
B.E. Rasmussen ?
-

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.03.1944

09.02.1944
-
(05.1945)
Intelligence Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Rea,
Henrietta Fair
H.F. Rea ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

13.06.1944
-
(05.1945)
Extended Defence, Commander of the Port, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (depot ship)

Reid,
Dorothy Elizabeth
D.E. Reid (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.11.1944 [0-61586]

(1945) on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Robb,
Rosemary Gordon
R.G. Robb 1914
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

30.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Staff, Commodore Superintendent, Halifax [HMCS Scotian]

Rutherford,
Margaret Hope
M.H. Rutherford ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

12.06.1943
-
(05.1945)
Operational Signals Section, Signal Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for SDO duties)

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Saunders,
Olive Enid
O.E. Saunders ?
-

T/Lt.
01.05.1944

17.01.1945
-
(05.1945)
Flotilla Engineer Office, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Sewell,
Mary Helen Westrene
M.H.W. Sewell ?
-

T/Lt.
20.03.1944

06.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Ottawa Division RCNVR [HMS Carleton], also:

06.12.1944
-
(05.1945)
Kingston Division RCNVR [HMCS Cataraqui]

Shaughnessy,
Brigit Ann
B.A. Shaughnessy ?
-

T/Lt.
20.03.1944

07.03.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Cornwallis (training establishment, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia)

Shortt,
Isabelle
I. Shortt ?
-

T/Lt.
26.02.1945

10.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Hochelage (depot ship, Montreal, Qu.)

Sinclair,
Adelaide Helen Grant
(née Macdonald)
A.H.G. Sinclair 16.01.1900
Toronto, Ont.
-
19.11.1982

T/Cdr.
18.09.1943

Capt.
1946? (retd 31.05.1946)

OBE
01.01.1945
New Year 45 (Dir WRCNS)

OC
15.07.1967
Medal of Service (converted to Officer in 1972): Dir WRCNS & Dep Dir UNICEF (57-67)

Education: University of Toronto (1918-1922 BA, 1923-1925 MA); London School of Economics (1926-1929); University of Berlin (1929)

25.03.1943

joined RCN

30.07.1943
-
31.05.1946
Director, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service [Naval Service HQ, Naval Personnel Branch, Ottawa]

Sinclair,
Ruth
R. Sinclair ?
-

T/Lt. (S)
03.07.1944 [0-67340]

01.10.1944
-
(05.1945)
HMCS Peregrine (RCN drafting depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Small,
Nellie Beatrice
N.B. Small ?
-

T/Lt.
01.03.1944

07.04.1945
-
(05.1945)
Communications Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, Nova Scotia [HMCS Protector]

Smith,
Dorothy Helen
D.H. Smith (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/S.Lt. 21.10.1944 [0-67938]

07.04.1945 - (05.1945) Communications Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Snider,
Inez Lillian
I.L. Sinder ?
-

T/S.Lt. (S)
16.12.1944

?
-
(05.1945)
Command Supply Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Spencer,
Diana
D. Spencer ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1944

08.04.1944
-
(05.1945)
Canadian Naval Mission Overseas [HMCS Niobe]

Stansfeld,
Fay Ellington
F.E. Stansfeld (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd)) ?
-

T/Lt. 26.02.1945 [0-69485]

18.03.1944 - (05.1945) RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

(1945) Personnel Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Stinson,
Margaret
M. Stinson ?
-

T/Lt.
03.07.1944

01.11.1944
-
(05.1945)
Coverdale Special W/T Station, RCN Barracks, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

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Talman,
Alice Dulcie Plumptre
A.D.P. Talman

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1944

12.02.1945

(05.1945)

Extended Defence, Commander of the Port, St. John's, Nfld. [HMCS Avalon (depot ship)

Tasker,
Mary Lorraine
M.L. Tasker

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1944

20.02.1943

(05.1945)

Mercantile Plotting Section, Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Taylor,
Doris
D. Taylor

?
Winnipeg
-
1997

WRNS:
2/O	?
WRCNS:
T/Lt.	?
T/Lt.Cdr.	?

?	-	08.1942	WRNS service
08.1942	-	?	WRCNS service
			Chief Dietician, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Taylor,
Elizabeth D
E.D. Taylor (Photo courtesy of V.Adm. Nigel D. Brodeur (retd))

?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)

? [0-71949]

28.02.1945

(05.1945)

Intelligence Staff on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard (RCN base, Vancouver, British Columbia)]

Taylor,
Norma Jean
N.J. Taylor

?
-

T/Lt.

04.12.1944

27.11.1944

(05.1945)

Port Communication Officer, Halifax [HMCS Stadacona]

Tetu,
Alice Swanston
A.S. Tetu

?
-

T/Lt.

08.01.1945

11.04.1945

(05.1945)

Staff, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Gaspe, Que. [HMCS Fort Ramsay]

Thornton,
Constance
C. Thornton

?
-

T/Lt.

04.12.1944

06.12.1943

(05.1945)

for duty with Director of Inter-Service Research and Development, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Torrance,
Jessie Dennistoun
J.D. Torrance

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1944

(05.1945)

Naval Service HQ, Ottawa

Townley,
Esme Frances
E.F. Townley

?
-

T/Lt.

22.05.1944

03.06.1943

(05.1945)

Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for watchkeeping duties)

Trevor,
Margaret W
M.W. Trevor

?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt.

(05.1945)

Communications Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

Tunks,
Gladys Isabel
G.I. Tunks

?
-

T/Lt.

20.03.1944

20.03.1943

(05.1945)

Trade Division, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa (for watchkeeping duties)

Turnbull,
Janet
J. Turnbull

?
-

T/Lt.

01.05.1944

14.03.1945

(05.1945)

Miscellaneous Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona

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Wells,
Constance Enman
C.E. Wells

?
-

T/Lt.

01.05.1944

01.05.1943

(05.1945)

Miscellaneous Staff, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic [HMCS Stadacona]

Worden,
Audrey Belle
A.B. Worden

?
-

T/S.Lt.

18.11.1944

09.04.1945

(05.1945)

Communications Staff, Flag Officer Newfoundland Force [HMCS Avalon (depot ship, St. John's)]

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Youle,
Patricia Rosemary
P.R. Youle

?
-

T/Lt.

14.08.1944

06.03.1945

(05.1945)

HMCS Bytown (depot ship for NSHQ)

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