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Wickens, Alfred

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Title Leading Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number VR-1555
 
Birth 05/11/1897 Death (nk)
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He was a ship steward at the time of his recruitment into the navy and was living in Vancouver BC. He served with CP Steamships.
 
Military Service
In 1915 he served in the RNCVR during the First World War. In 1915 he served in HMCS Rainbow. He was appointed as a Leading Seaman RNCVR. In 1917 he was serving in HMCS Niobe and was present at the Halifax Explosion (and survived). (He was demobilized).
 
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References
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=11635&;
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2016-06-19 00:00:00

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