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Thomas Gordon Crabbe

In memory of:

Leading Seaman Thomas Gordon Crabbe

October 23, 1969
HMCS Kootenay

Military Service

Service Number:

N53650

Age:

29

Force:

Navy

Unit:

HMCS Kootenay

Additional Information

Born:

April 21, 1940
Neepawa, Manitoba

Enlistment:

January 24, 1962
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Jean (nee Milne) and Phillip Fawcett Crabbe of Neepawa, Manitoba. Brother of Etta, Philip, Robert, William, Arthur, Kenneth, Roy, Linda, Darwin and Donald. Husband of Kathryn Suzanne (nee Fowler) Crabbe and father of Brian and Bradley Crabbe of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 144 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.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BURIAL AT SEA
*N/A*

Grave Reference:

Buried at sea near Portsmouth, England

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  • Stained Glass Window– Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial stained glass window at St. Brendan's Chapel, CFB Halifax, Halifax, NS is dedicated to the nine men mentioned on the plaque who were killed in an explosion on board the H.M.C.S. Kootenay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [stained glass window/vitrail] TO BE WORTHY OF THOSE WHO SERVED BEFORE US [plaque/plaque] HMCS KOOTENAY OCTOBER 23 1969 IN MEMORY [9 names are listed, but are not clear in the photo./9 noms sont inscrits, mais ils ne sont pas clairs sur la photo.] William Alfred Boudreau; Pierre Serge Bourret; Thomas Gordon Crabbe; Nelson Murray Galloway; Michael Alan Hardy; Eric George Harman; Gary Wayne Hutton; Vaino Olavi Partanen; Lewis John Stringer http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6311

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    Stained Glass Window – Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial stained glass window at St. Brendan's Chapel, CFB Halifax, Halifax, NS is dedicated to the nine men mentioned on the plaque who were killed in an explosion on board the H.M.C.S. Kootenay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [stained glass window/vitrail] TO BE WORTHY OF THOSE WHO SERVED BEFORE US [plaque/plaque] HMCS KOOTENAY OCTOBER 23 1969 IN MEMORY [9 names are listed, but are not clear in the photo./9 noms sont inscrits, mais ils ne sont pas clairs sur la photo.] William Alfred Boudreau; Pierre Serge Bourret; Thomas Gordon Crabbe; Nelson Murray Galloway; Michael Alan Hardy; Eric George Harman; Gary Wayne Hutton; Vaino Olavi Partanen; Lewis John Stringer http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6311
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