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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
PEACH, Arthur Ernest - 86, of Mira Gut passed away May 27, 2000, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney. Born in Port Morien, he was the son of the late John Henry and Mary C. (Boutilier) Peach. He was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Port Morien. Mr. Peach served in the Canadian Navy along with his four brothers. He worked as a carpenter and fisherman until 1955, when he and his family moved to the United States, where they lived for 25 years. He had been a resident of Mira Gut having retired there in 1975. He was a past master of the Mason Thistle Lodge No. 36, Port Morien. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife Kathlyn (MacDonald) Peach of 58 years, a son A. Eric and his wife Ana, four grandchildren, Lois, Eric, Joshua and Raymond, and two great-grandchildren, Matthew and Ezra, all of the United States, brothers, Howard, Port Morien, Robert of Taigh Na Mara, sister, Margaret Keefe of the United States. He was predeceased by sisters, Helda MacRae and Mildred MacLeod, brothers, Wilfred, Johnnie, Jimmie and Harvey and four sisters-in-law. Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 30, from 3-5, 7-9 p.m. in the Patten Funeral Home and Chapel, 71 Union St., Glace Bay. Funeral will he held Wednesday 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Port Morien with the Fr. Paul C. Findlay officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul’s Cemetery. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Palliative Care Society, Canadian Cancer Society or the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. There will be a Mason Service 7 p.m. Tuesday at Patten Funeral Home.
Sydney Post-Record Glace Bay News, Thursday, September 2, 1943, Page 12 - Sydney Post-Record Glace Bay News, Page 12 PORT MORIEN, Sept. 1 - Shipwright Arthur Peach, of the Royal Canadian Navy, spent the week-end at his home here. Howard Peach who is serving in the R.C.N. is spending leave at his home, guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peach. (Researched by George Newbury)
Five of seven Peach brothers served in the RCN and RCNVR during the Second World War. They are: Arthur Ernest Peach; Harvey Alton Peach; Howard Louis Peach; James Stuart Peach; and, Robert Avery Peach.
The Peach brothers Top: Robert, Howard Bottom: ??, Arthur, ?? It is not known which photo is James and which is Harvey Photo courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax
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