Other

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IN MEMORY OF
WALTER DONALD BENGER
Killed in Acton at Monchy le Preux
August 26th, 1918
AGED 19 YEARS

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Pte. EDWARD KENNY
43rd CANADIANS
Killed in Action 1st Oct., 1918. Aged 19 Years
Presented by the Family

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1914 To the Glory of God 1918
IN HALLOWED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
OUR DEBT TO ALL WHO OFFERED THEMSELVES
IN DEFENCE OF HOME AND HONOUR

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Port Arthur Technical-Commercial
High School
Ex-Students who have paid the supreme sacrifice

[first column/première colonne]
Ailey, Jack
Armstrong, Jack
Astrand, Harry
Bain Clarence
Ball, Murray
Bond, Robert
Cameron, William
Chanier, Albert
Conners, Earl Francis
Cummings, Jim
Desourdy, George
Dockrey, Cyril
Doncaster, John
Draqanick, William
Edwards, Charles
Fortes, Garry
Fortes, John
Funk, Allison
Gardner, Charles
Gavin, Brian
Gerassimou, Gus

[second column/deuxième colonne]
Grano, Albert
Greene, Donald
Guerard, William A.
Hamilton, John Henry
Heathfield, Basil
Hill, Swante
Hills, George
Hinton, Cecil L.
Holseth, Garnet C
Hukkanen, Axel
Isaacs, Delwin
Jones, Clifford
Kalik, Mike
Kearney, John W.
Kelloway, Edward
Klodf, Arthur
Kohler, Richard
Laine, Roy
Laprade, Albert
Lavoie, Arthur

[third column/troisième colonne]
Lawrence, Robert C.
Lecky, Clarence
Lennox, Allan John
Lepper, Harry
Lorenston, Raymond
McKinnon, Vernon
McDevitt, Raymond
McFadyen, Ian
McGolrick, George
McLeod, Gordon
Morgan, James
Murphy, John
Murray, Munro
Nash, John
Nutikka, Barton
Opie, Glen
Paul, Gordon
Pearce, Archie
Penkuri, Tom
Rahkola, Waino
Ramsay, James

[fourth column/quatrième colonne]
Richards, Robert
Rogers, Reginald
Rowthorn, William
Sandberg, Theodore
Sanderson, Kenneth
Sewell, Watson
Southern, Ken
Spencer, Fred
Sterrett, Lawrence
Stewardson, C.
Stewart, Beverley
Sullivan, William
Swingler, Bernard
Tomblin, Albert
Teckey, Jack
Tomlinson, Lawrence
Whalen, Vernon
Whear, Jack
Willis, Jimmy, E.
Wilson, Murray
Yule, Jack

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SHIP’S BELL

THE SECOND HMCS OTTAWA WAS THE DESTROYER
EX-HMS GRIFFIN WHILE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD WAS
NAMED HMCS GRIFFIN. DESPITE THE DIFFERENCE IN
SPELLING, THIS IS THE REASON THAT THE SHIP’S BELL
OF HMCS GRIFFIN IS THAT OF HMS GRIFFIN
1936

HISTORY – HMS GRIFFIN COMPLETED IN 1936
- COMMISSIONED AS HMCS GRIFFIN ON 20 MAR. 43
- RENAMED HMCS OTTAWA ON 10 APR. 43
- TOOK PART WITH HMCS KOOTENAY IN
DISTRIBUTION OF THREE U-BOATS
- PAID OFF 1 NOVEMBER 1945

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H.M.S.
GRIFFIN
1936

LINDA MARGARET GUY – OCT. 26, 1955
EDGAR FREDERICK BULLEN DEC. 17, 1955
A. N. DAVID MORRISON – JUNE 9, 1957
GEORGE EDWARD JENKINS – JUNE 9, 1957
KATHRYN ANNE SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
ELLEN JOAN SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
IAN RUSTY SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
HOWARD GORDON PETER GAMGEE – JUNE 7, 1957
JOHN GAVIN THOMSON – JUNE 9, 1957
SUSAN PATRICIA CAMPBELL – OCTOBER 20, 1957
BARBARA HELEN ECCLES 7 SEPTEMBER 1968
DWAYNE QUENTINE EVANS 26, DEC. 1968
DANIEL JAMES SKAKLIM – FEBRUARY 28, 1971
JENNIFER DIANE ECCLES JANUARY 30, 1972
TYLER STEVEN NEWMAN 17 OCT. 82
PARRY THEODORUS NEWMAN 02 JUL. 86
CASSANDRA THEA NEWMAN 26 JUL. 89
(???) 21 JAN. 91
ISABEL AMANDA SMITH 6 OCTOBER 1996
WILLIAM FLEMING SMITH 02 MAY 1998
GABRIEL NICHOLAS ANTHONY MASTROMATTEO 06 JULY 2001

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TWIN 4" MK XVI AA GUN

THIS TYPE OF RAPID FIRING GUN WAS
THE MAIN ARMAMENT OF WW II CRUISERS,
DESTROYERS & FRIGATES FOR AIRCRAFT DEFENCE,
IT WAS A LETHAL WEAPON WITH MUZZLE VELOCITY
OF 2650 FEET PER SECOND AND RANGE UP TO
19,400 Yards (11 MILES). SHELLS WEIGHED 63 LBS.

UPKEEP OF THIS GUN PROVIDED BY THE THUNDER
BAY NAVAL HERITAGE FUND AND HMCS GRIFFON.
MAY 5, 2002

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THE WHITE ENSIGN DISPLAYED AT THE REAR OF THE
DISPLAY CASE IS THE ENSIGN WORN BY THE HMCS PORT
ARTHUR ON THE AFTERNOON OF 19 JANUARY, 1943 WHEN
THE SHIP ATTACKED AND SUNK THE ITALIAN SUB-
MARINE “TRITONE”.

PORT ARTHUR WAS ENGAGED IN ESCORT DUTIES IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN OFF THE PORT OF BOUGIE WHEN
AT 1400 THE “TRITONE” WAS DETECTED, AND THE
ATTACK WAS SOON SUCCESSFUL. THE “TRITONE” WAS
A NEW SUBMARINE ON ITS FIRST WAR PATROL ONLY A
FEW HOURS OUT OF HOME PORT WHEN IT FELL VICTIM TO
PORT ARTHUR.

THE ENSIGN HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO HMCS GRIFFON
FOR DISPLAY HERE BY J. DOUGLAS RITCHIE. RITCHIE
WAS THEN A SUB-LIEUTENANT RCNVR AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS OFFICER ABOARD PORT ARTHUR. THE ENSIGN
WAS TAKEN DOWN SHORTLY AFTER THE ACTION AND
PRESERVED UNTIL PRESENTED TO GRIFFON.

THE ENSIGN IS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISPLAY
AT ANY FUTURE REUNION OF THE CREW OF HMCS PORT
ARTHUR. A PICTURE OF SLT RITCHIE IS DISPLAYED IN
THE CASE.

THIS SHELTER
WAS A CENTENNIAL PROJECT
OF THE
POLISH COMBATANTS
ASSOCIATION IN CANADA
BRANCH NO. 1
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH NO. 219
DONATED TO THE CITY OF
PORT ARTHUR (NOW THUNDER BAY)
OCTOBER 2, 1967

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SALVAGED FROM S.S. RAPPAHANNOCK, SUNK
JULY 25, 1911, JACKFISH BAY, ONTARIO,
BY DIVERS
W.PETERSON, C. PARON, L. EDWARDS,
R. OLDALE, P. MCCARTNEY WITH ASSISTANTS
W. WINTERNUTE, D. CAMPBELL, F. ZANETTE.
PRESENTED TO N.O.A.C. THUNDER BAY
"TO THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS"

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DEDICATED BY
AVENOR INC.
AND PREDECESSORS IN MEMORY OF
OUR EMPLOYEES AND
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SERVED
IN THE CANADIAN NAVAL SERVICES
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

AVENOR
INC.
JUNE 1, 1997