Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas George Graham
In memory of:
Leading Supply Assistant Douglas George Graham
May 7, 1944
Military Service
V/905
23
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Valleyfield
Additional Information
September 7, 1920
Hamilton, Ontario
Son of Wilson Graham and Annie M. (née Johnston) Graham, of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 320 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 12.
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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Newspaper clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Douglas George Graham – 6th from left in line of boys. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation Paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Birth Certificate – George Graham's Military Birth Certificate -
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Photo of Douglas George Graham – George Graham circa 1943 -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Envelope – Envelope of letter from the Department of National Defence -
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Letter from National Defence – Letter from the Department of National Defence sent to Wilson Graham about his son George Graham, missing in action on the HMCS Valleyfield -
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R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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