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Kaneen, Thomas Freer If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Leading Stoker (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-6381

 

Birth	07/11/1890	Death	30/10/1918
Place	Douglas	Place	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)
Area	Isle of Man	Area
Country	UK	Country	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Biography
He was a marine fireman at the time of his recruitment into the navy. His next-of-kin, was his mother, Mrs. Emily Kaneen, 19 Derby Road, Douglas, Isle of Man UK.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Stoker RNCVR. He was appointed as a Leading Stoker RNCVR. He served in HMCS Galiano 1918. (He was lost in HMCS Galiano in a storm off Vancouver Island BC October 30, 1918).

 

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References
http://www.oocities.com/gjesperson/galiano2.html; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=16170&; Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021830/thomas-freer-kaneen/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2010-11-27 08:26:00

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