Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 201 continued ... continued ... KING, Silas Victor. Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) King served in the 776th Amphibious Tank Battalion United States Army. He was born in Six Mile Road, Cumberland County, and was the son of Ardra Victor King and Rosanna Janet (Green) King. Silas was killed in action on 21 January 1945 in the Battle of Camotes Islands. Corporal (Tec5) King is buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Buffalo, Missouri. NICHOLSON, Joseph Gordon. Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class, Nicholson served on the submarine USS Flier (SS-250). He was born in Erinville, Guysborough County, and was the son of Malcolm Nicholson and Agatha (MacKinnon) Nicholson. On the night of 12/13August 1944 USS Flier struck a sea-mine while transiting the Balabac Strait. Fifteen of the crew were able to escape the sinking submarine; however, only 8 of them survived the sinking. Torpedoman Mate Nicholson’s date of death is recorded as 13 August 1944 and he is commemorated on the National Submarine Memorial, Seal Beach, California. THIBEAULT, Jerry Louis. Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class, Thibeault served aboard the submarine USS Capelin (SS-289). Jerry was born in Port Maitland, Yarmouth County, and was the son of John Nicolas and Mary Emerise (Le Blanc) Thibeault. The last known communication with the Capelin was on 2 December 1943 while on patrol in the Molucca Sea and Celebes Sea. The submarine and crew disappeared without a trace. It is very likely that they struck a large sea-mine. Torpedoman Mate, Third Class, Jerry Luis Thibeault is commemorated on the National Submarine Memorial, Seal Beach, California. CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ICELAND, JAMAICA, NORWAY, SWEDEN Czech Republic CAMERON, Ernest J. Private Ernest Cameron was the son of Daniel Cameron, of Gadner Mines. He served in the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Private Cameron took part in the D-Day invasion and was taken prisoner on 7 June 1944. Ernest died of meningitis 10 February 1945 in the infamous Stalag VIIIB near the village of Lamsdorf in Silesia, Germany (now Łambinowice Poland). Private Ernest Cameron is buried in the Prague War Cemetery. Denmark FISK, Donald Sutherland. Pilot-Sergeant Fisk was the son of Raymond D. and Jean Fisk, of Bridgetown, Annapolis Co. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and went to war with 57 Squadron RAF. On the night of 26 October 1941, Donald was one of the two pilots of Wellington bomber IC Z8946 DX-S taking part in a raid on Hamburg. DX-S was struck by flak and crashed in the tidal waters south of Rømø island. According to the Cemetery journal of Gravlunden cemetery the remains of Pilot Sgt Donald S. Fisk were found near Ballum lock on 14 March 1944. His remains were later moved to the Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery. MURPHY, Leo George. Flight Sergeant Leo Murphy, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was the son of Michael Murphy and of Mary Murphy (nee Hatter), of Halifax and the husband of Maxine Muriel Murphy, of Halifax. He served as a pilot with 407 Squadron RCAF in Coastal Command. Leo was at the controls of Hudson Mk. V, AM684, on 5 April 1942 conducting a bombing attack on a German vessel off Hanstholm, Denmark. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed in the sea about 700 yards from shore. There were no survivors. Flt-Sgt Murphy’s body was found at Hansted and was buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 11 April 1942. Iceland ATTREE, Earl Ralph. Warrant Officer II, RCAF, was the son of Harry and Veronica Attree of Regina, SK, and husband of Phyllis Elva Attree, of Middleton. He served in the famous 162 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron as an Aircraft Engine Mechanic. On 19 December 1944 Consolidated PBY Catalina M 11061 was returning from an anti-submarine patrol when it crashed into a mountain side fifteen miles south of Reykjavik, Iceland. There were no survivors. Earl is buried with his crew in the Fossvogur Cemetery, Reykjavik.
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