Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Paul Bert Aucoin
In memory of:
Steward Paul Bert Aucoin
July 21, 1944
Military Service
A/1174
32
Navy
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
H.M.C.S. Matane
Additional Information
Son of Lubin B. and Catherine Aucoin, of Plateau, Nova Scotia. Husband of Marie D. Aucoin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Commemorated on Page 240 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 7.
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.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Royal Canadian Navy Reserve 1944 STEWARD AuCOIN P. B. -
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Inscription – Royal Canadian Navy Reserve 1944 STEWARD AuCOIN P. B. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of PAUL BERT AUCOIN – Steward PAUL BERT AUCOIN was one of four members of the crew of HMCS Matane who were killed when the frigate was struck by a glider bomb, launched by a Dornier 217, in the Bay of Biscay, South of the Brest Peninsula on July 20, 1944. Details apparently were not released to the press until May 29, 1945. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945 -
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Newspaper clipping – Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945 -
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Newspaper clipping – Newspaper Clipping Part 2. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945 -
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Essay – An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project. http://www.windsorhistoricalsociety.com/ -
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Essay – An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project. Part 2 -
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HMCS Matane
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