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Thomas Alfred Smith

22/02/1915 - 21/08/1944

Age 29

Born: Park Gate, Yorkshire, England        Home: Norwood, MB

United Church of Canada

Cook for J. Later’s Restaurant - Winnipeg, MB

Attestation 07/04/1941 - Winnipeg, MB

Lead Cook - V24481

RCNVR

WINNIPEG DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 07 Apr 1941

Commenced Active Service 30 Apr 1941 as an Assistant Cook, RCNVR

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 16 Jun 1941

HMCS FORT RAMSAY - Drafted to FORT RAMSAY 09 Sep 1941

* Rated Cook (S) 09 Sep 1941

TUG PATRICIA MCQUEEN - Drafted to PATRICIA MCQUEEN

30 May 1942

HMCS FORT RAMSAY - Drafted to FORT RAMSAY 06 Nov 1942

HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 11 Jun 1943

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Thomas Alfred Smith was born in 1915 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England and his family moved to Winnipeg, MB in 1923 where he worked for a soft drink bottling company that made a drink called Mexicola. After that he worked at the Green Gables Restaurant and the Furby Grill next to the old Furby Theatre in Winnipeg. He belonged to the Sons of England, and was an avid golfer. He joined the Navy in 1941 as a cook. While drafted to the GASPE area he met and married Lettie McCallum. Soon afterwards, he was transferred to HMCS ALBERNI as a Leading Cook. Alfred Smith Lake southeast of Sims Lake was named after him in 1995.