Biographical Data
Nickerson, Freeman Burnley If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Able-Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-1891

 

Birth	19/10/1889	Death	06/12/1917
Place	(nk)	Place	Halifax
Area	(nk)	Area	NS
Country	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He was a fisherman at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR. He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RNCVR. He served in HMCS Niobe 1917. (He was killed on December 06, 1917 while serving in a steam pinnace from HMCS Niobe to attempt to give aid to the burning vessel Mont Blanc which subsequently exploded killing the crew of the pinnace.)

 

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References
Blatherwick, John (1992); http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=11971&; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021686/f-b-nickerson/ (website Viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2015-10-08 00:00:00

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