I Will Remember - Je Me souviendrai
Walter Charles Barss
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Walter Charles Barrs
19/03/1918 - 21/19/1944
Age 26
Born: Louisburg, NS
Home: Sydney River, Cape Breton, NS
Husband of Mary Barrs - Son of Walter and Edna Barrs
Church of England
Oiler on S.S. Belle Isle - Halifax, NS
Attestation 17/08/1940 - Halifax, NS
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class - A2516
RCNR
HMCS STADACONA - Enlisted 17 Aug 1940 as an Engineman, RCNR
HMCS ST CROIX - Drafted to ST CROIX 24 Sep 1940
* Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCNR 01 Jan 1941
HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 17 Oct 1941
HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 27 Oct 1942
* Rated Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RCNR 21 Apr 1943
* Rated Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class, RCNR 22 Apr 1943
HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 17 Jun 1943
HMCS HOCHELAGA - Drafted to HOCHELAGA 13 Aug 1943
HMCS LINDSAY - Drafted to LINDSAY 16 Nov 1943
HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 28 Feb 1944
HMCS ALBERNI - Drafted to ALBERNI 05 Apr 1944
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