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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
CLINGERSMITH, Orval Eugene - Orval E. of Jackson Drive, Chatham at General Hospital, Chatham on Wed. Jan. 19, 1983. Surviving are wife Mavis, daughters Mrs. Robert (Shirley) Godfree of Tillsonburg and Mrs. Harold (Lynda) Douglas of Staples; brothers Manley of Niagara Falls; John of Rhondeau; a sister Miss Mildred Clingersmith of Windsor. 5 Grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service at Murray Bowman Funeral Home, 4 Victoria Ave., Chatham, Sat. Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Interment Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham. Donations to the Heart Foundation and Kent Lung Association are appreciated.
Ships served in: HMCS HUNTER - Enlisted 15 Jul 1942. Commenced Active Service 27 Jul 1942 as an Electrician, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 30 Jul 1942 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 31 Jul 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Dec 1942 HMCS STAR - Drafted to STAR 31 Mar 1943 * Rated Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class, RCNVR 27 Aug 1943 HMCS AMHERST - Drafted to AMHERST 17 Sep 1943 * Rated Electrical Artificer 4th Class, RCNVR 27 Aug 1944 HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 05 Dec 1944 HMCS SCOTIAN - Drafted to SCOTIAN 14 Dec 1944 HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 20 Jul 1945 HMCS HUNTER - Drafted to HUNTER 26 Jul 1945. Demobilized 06 Aug 1945
(OC01) Petty Office Orval Clingersmith (OC02) Certificate of Service for Orval Clingersmith
(OC03) Unknown sailors in the after gun tub on HMCS AMHERST K148 (OC04-OC05) HMCS AMHERST'S Chiefs and Petty Officers on the depth charge storage racks just forward of the depth charge rails. Orval Clingersmith front row, first on left in both photos. (OC06) Unidentified allied submarines seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 - location unknown (OC07) Large dog on the jetty with HMCS AMHERST K148 in the background. Ship's mascot??
(OC08) Unknown Petty Officer on the jetty with rather large dog with HMCS AMHERST K148 in the background (OC09) Two unknown CPOs on HMCS AMHERST K148 at St. John's, Nfld (OC10) Unknown seaman and PO Orval Clingersmith (right) on HMCS AMHERST K148 at sea (OC11) PO Orval Clingersmith (left) and unknown seaman on HMCS AMHERST K148 at St. John's, Nfld (OC12) Unknown seaman with PO Orval Clingersmith on HMCS AMHERST K148. Coast of Newfoundland in the background
(OC13-OC15) Unknown ERA's in the Engine Room of HMCS AMHERST K148
OC16 (OC16) HMCS AMHERST K148
Unknown Course photo - possibly an Electrical Artificer's course photo Front Row: (1) F. Gravely - Montreal (2) F. Lummus - Toronto (3) H. Sweezey - Toronto (4) I. Causton - Windsor (5) D. Ebsworth - Calgary (6) Tozer - Oshawa (7) R. Jack - Edmonton (8) A. Bannerman - Strathmore, QC (9) O. Clingersmith, Chatham (10) N. Petroff - Welland (11) H. Warren - Toronto (12) H. Bell - London. Middle Row: (13) W. Truman - Vancouver (14) C. Allen - Toronto (15) Jepson - Hamilton (16) W. Byron - Montreal (17) H. Kemp - Kirkland Lake (18) S. Pridham - Sudbury (19) W. Henderson - London (20) C. Roach - Sydney (21) C. Marion - Vancouver (22) G. Didley - Sudbury (23) J. Clark - Port Arthur Back Row: (24) T. Fields - Meritown (25) L. Smart - Crowland (26) L. Higgins - Grand Pre (27) R. Fawcett - Hamilton (28) J. Lamond - Calgary (29) F. Stickley - Toronto (30) R. Dickhout - Dunnville (31) W. McCrae - Halifax (32) A. Bourque - Shediac, NB (33) V. Noirel - Windsor (34) G. Burgess - Toronto Absent When Taken: J. McInnis - Dartmouth and W. VanWinkle - Toronto
Unknown group photo - possibly taken at HMCS STADACONA - EAs??
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