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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
JOLLEYS, John William (Jack) - was born in Calgary, AB in 1924. In 1936, his family moved to British Columbia and settled in Burnaby. Jack joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 at the age of seventeen. He was sent to Sydney, NS, training to be a gunner at Cornwallis. From there, he returned to Vancouver to join the HMS NABOB aircraft carrier. Jack served as an Able Seaman on the Nabob and spent two years of active duty during World War Two, mostly patrolling in the waters off northern Scotland. Jack survived a torpedo attack and was part of the crew that stayed with the Nabob until it limped its way to Scapa Flow. Upon returning to Canada in 1945 after the war, he married and settled in South Burnaby and began raising a family of six children. He worked in a foundry for a short time, and in 1948 began working for the Burnaby School Board as a carpenter. In 1958, he moved his family to Cloverdale, BC, where he lived until he retired in 1984. His main contribution to society was to the Veterans of Canada through The Royal Canadian Legion. He joined the RCL in 1947 at South Burnaby Branch #83. He transferred to Cloverdale Branch #6 in 1968. In 1983, Jack was elected President of Pacific Command and held this position for two years. He followed by working his way to Dominion Command and in 1991, the then President passed away in October, and as a result Jack stepped into the position of Dominion Command President of the RCL. He was then duly elected to the same position in 1992. Jack worked energetically in the field of Veterans Service and Housing. He held a Directorship on the Shaughnessy Hospital Board of Trustees and was a Life Member of the George Derby Long Term Care & Rehabilitation Centre in Burnaby, where he was instrumental in the building of the present facility. He was a founding member of the Amos Ferguson Society and also sat as a Director of the Southdale Manor Senior Citizens Housing project in Cloverdale. Upon retirement, he and his wife moved to Keremeos, BC, where they resided until he passed away in 1999. Prior to his death, he was Chair of the 75th Anniversary celebration of The Royal Canadian Legion for Dominion Command. He was the recipient of the Queens's Jubilee Medal, the Palm Leaf to the Meritorious Service Medal of RCL, and the 125th Anniversary Canadian Confederation Medal, as well as his war medals earned during World War Two.
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