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James Douglas Holden

In memory of:

Sub-Lieutenant James Douglas Holden

May 6, 1954
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Military Service

Service Number:

033665

Age:

26

Force:

Navy

Unit:

880 Anti-Submarine Squadron, RCN

Additional Information

Born:

September 5, 1927
Minnadosa, Manitoba

Enlistment:

February 7, 1946
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of H.H. Holden. Husband of Mary P. Holden. Father of Valerie and Louis R. Holden of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of Harry Holden and Marie.

Commemorated on Page 57 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

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  • Memorial Plaque– Sub-Lieutenant JAMES DOUGLAS HOLDEN is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation Newsletter Summer 2002, Sub-Lieutenant HOLDEN, Petty Officer 1st Class JOHN EDWARD WHITE, Sub-Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER MACLEOD and Sub-Lieutenant ROBERT HENRY JONES died on May 6, 1954 when “Avenger 85832 of 880 Squadron, while flying back from Bermuda to RCNAS Shearwater in formation, dropped out and crashed in the sea approximately 75 miles south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Sub-Lieutenant JAMES DOUGLAS HOLDEN is commemorated on this plaque at Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation Newsletter Summer 2002, Sub-Lieutenant HOLDEN, Petty Officer 1st Class JOHN EDWARD WHITE, Sub-Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER MACLEOD and Sub-Lieutenant ROBERT HENRY JONES died on May 6, 1954 when “Avenger 85832 of 880 Squadron, while flying back from Bermuda to RCNAS Shearwater in formation, dropped out and crashed in the sea approximately 75 miles south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
  • Memorial Plaque– Dedication Plaque, Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Dedication Plaque, Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Monument– Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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    Monument
    Monument – Canadian Peacetime Sailors Monument in Point Pleasant Park Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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