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Vinicombe, James If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Chief Petty Officer (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-5725

 

Birth	00/00/1865	Death	30/10/1918
Place	(nk)	Place	(At sea)
Area	(nk)	Area
Country	UK	Country	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Biography
In 1914 he joined the Fisheries Department here, being first Quartermaster on the Galiano and then Boatswain.

 

Military Service
He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman RN at age 14. He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RN. He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RN. He was appointed as a Leading Seaman RN. (He was retired.) He was appointed as a Chief Petty Officer RNCVR c1917. He served in HMCS Galiano as Boatswain 1917-1918. (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; Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021852/james-vinicombe/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2010-11-27 06:34:21

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