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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
VALDRON, Joseph Austin - Passed away peacefully at the Dalhousie Nursing Home on August 7, 2015 at the age of 96, Joseph Austin Valdron of Dalhousie and husband of (late) Gemma (Poirier) Valdron, was the last surviving child of the late Joseph Valdron and Margaret Ward. Austin was a loving husband and father of three children, Linda Currie (Ted), Harold (Dawn-Marie), and Douglas (Connie). He adored his four grandchildren Tyler, Jared, Amelea, and Claire. Austin was a veteran of the Second World War having served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1940 to 1945 rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. During this time he served onboard the destroyer HMCS ST CLAIR which took part in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war he completed his degree in Electrical Engineering from UNB and pursued a successful career in the pulp and paper industry until his retirement. Austin was an avid fisherman and led an active life and was often seen skiing, skating, and curling well into his later years. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and actively served for many years at Dalhousie Branch No. 17. The funeral mass will be held at the St. John Baptist Church in Dalhousie on Wednesday at 11:00 am. Visitations at Maher's Funeral Home, 421 Victoria Street, Dalhousie, Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm, 7pm to 9pm and Wednesday from 10:00 am until time of funeral. Legion members of Dalhousie branch # 17 and all members of the Royal Canadian Legion are asked to meet at Maher's Funeral Home on Tuesday evening at 7:30pm for Legion Service. Donations to the Lung Association or the Dalhousie Nursing Home would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements are in the care of Maher's Funeral Home, Dalhousie.
Joseph Austin Valdon - Second World War Memoirs
Ships served in:
(JAV01-JAV03) Austin Valdron early in his time in the Navy (JAV04) PO Austin Valdron (JAV05) Certificate of Discharge 21 Aug 1945 for Anti-Submarine Artificer 3rd Class Joseph A. Valdron
(JAV06) CPO Austin Valdon (JAV07-JAV09) Austin Valdon sailing in a dory summer 1944 in Nova Scotia
(JAV10) HMCS ST CLAIR alongside - location unknown
(JAV11-JAV15) HMCS ST CLAIR in heavy seas (JAV15) HMCS ST CLAIR takes a heavy roll to port and the seas wash over her upper deck
(JAV16-JAV20) HMCS ST CLAIR in heavy seas
(JAV21-JAV24) HMCS ST CLAIR in heavy seas (JAV24) Unknown sailor hold on to what appears to be a gun barrel on HMCS ST CLAIR in heavy seas
(JAV25) Fo'c's'le of HMCS ST CLAIR covered in ice (JAV26) Merchant ship in convoy seen over the ice-up depth charge rails of HMCS ST CLAIR during a North Atlantic winter convoy (JAV27) Merchant ship seen though the ice up guard rails of HMCS ST CLAIR during a North Atlantic winter convoy (JAV28) Unknown sailor on the ice covered quarterdeck of HMCS ST CLAIR (JAV29) The depth charge rails of HMCS ST CLAIR completely covered in ice
(JAV30) The depth charge rails of HMCS ST CLAIR completely covered in ice (JAV31) Unknown warship on the horizon (JAV32) A calm day on the North Atlantic (JAV33) the sun setting over the depth charge rails on HMCS ST CLAIR
(JAV34) Austin Valdron in his bunk on HMCS ST CLAIR (JAV35) Mess deck on HMCS ST CLAIR (JAV36) Austin Valdon in a boxing pose on HMCS ST CLAIR (webmaster's note: its hard to take him serious with those big fuzzy socks on) (JAV37-JAV38) Unknown sailors on HMCS ST CLAIR
(JAV039) Unknown CPO on HMCS ST CLAIR (JAV040) HMCS ST CLAIR sailors ashore (JAV041) Group of sailors on HMCS ST CLAIR (JAV042) Unknown CPO & PO on HMCS ST CLAIR
(JAV43-JAV45) Believed to be photos of the rescue of survivors of HMS MASHONA, sunk by the Luftwaffe after the sinking of the Bismarck
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