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Son of Francis Janos of Canmore, Alberta. Husband of Agnes Janos.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Able Seaman JOSEPH FRANK JANOS was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944.
This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
This memorial is located in Iceland.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it is dedicated in memory to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Frank Janos
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Able Seaman JOSEPH FRANK JANOS was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944. This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1
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Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2
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This memorial is located in Iceland.
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This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it is dedicated in memory to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 344 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY Iceland
Reykjavik is in the south-western part of the island and the REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR)CEMETERY lies south of the town on the road to Hafnarfjordur.
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