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Digital gallery of Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
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Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Able Seaman JOSEPH NEIL JOHNSTON 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 Neil Johnston
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
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 Neil Johnston
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 Neil Johnston
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 Neil Johnston
This Memorial is located in Iceland.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
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 Neil Johnston
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Joseph Neil Johnston
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Able Seaman JOSEPH NEIL JOHNSTON 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
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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