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Service information:

 

Elmer Auld

 

Submarine Detector, RCNVR

 

Alive and well in 2020 aged 96

 

Elmer Auld served in the RCNVR during WW2 as a Submarine Detector (ASDIC operator).  His first ship was HMCS BURLINGTON for 1 year on the Triangle Run. He was later drafted to Fairmile Q094 and then afterwards HMCS GIFFARD on the Newfy-Derry run (St. John's, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Northern Ireland) for another year.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS BURLINGTON

ML Q094

HMCS GIFFARD

 

Elmer Auld during WW2

Elmer Auld - Remembrance Day 2019

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