Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Moses Greenblatt
In memory of:
Telegraphist Moses Greenblatt
February 10, 1942
Military Service
V/23388
21
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Spikenard
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Eva Greenblatt, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 78 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 9
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Moses Greenblatt – Moses at sea aboard one of the ships he served on. -
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Photo of Moses Greenblatt – Moses at sea aboard one of the ships he served on. -
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Memorial Cross – Memorial Cross given to Moses's mother, Eva. -
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Memorial Cross 2 – Memorial Cross given to Moses's mother, Eva. -
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Photo of Moses Greenblatt – Moses Greenblatt is honoured on page 34 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca -
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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