Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Roy Garfield Currie
In memory of:
Mess Room Boy Roy Garfield Currie
March 28, 1942
North Cape
Military Service
17
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Raceland (Panama) (212693)
Additional Information
January 1, 1925
Ontario
Son of John J. Currie and Helen Louise McQueen, of Ontario.
On 26 March 1942, convoy PQ-13 was scattered due to very strong winds, while en route to Murmansk, USSR, from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. On 28 March, at 12:20 pm, the Raceland was attacked by a German Ju-88 aircraft and sank at 8 pm about 110 miles (177 km) north of North Cape, Norway, position 72°40'N/20°20'E. Of the 47 sailors on board, 35 died. The remaining 12 were taken prisoner in Tromso, Norway, after having drifted until 2 April. They were interned in Bremen, Germany until May 1945.
Commemorated on Page 121 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 21.
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.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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