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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Ships served in: HMCS HUNTER - Enlisted 08 Jun 1942 * Commenced Active Service 03 Aug 1942 as an Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMCS STAR - Drafted to STAR 08 Aug 1942 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 15 Feb 1943 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 27 Apr 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Jun 1943 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 18 Sep 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 17 Oct 1943 HMS GEORGETOWN - Drafted to GEORGETOWN 22 Nov 1943 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 12 Dec 1943 HMS PERSIAN - Drafted to PERSIAN 18 Dec 1943 HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 23 Jan 1944 HMCS MONNOW - Drafted to MONNOW 09 Mar 1944 * Rated Electrical Artificer 3rd Class, RCNVR HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 08 Jun 1945 HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 20 Aug 1945 HMCS HUNTER - Drafted to HUNTER 30 Aug 1945 * Demobilized 22 Nov 1945
(EAH001) Petty Officer Ervin Hall, Bristol, UK, Feb 1944 (EAH002) Letter from the Recruiting Officer, HMCS Hunter to Ervin Hall, 03 Jun 1942 (EAH003) Newspaper article on Petty Officers donating blood during Navy Week. The Hamilton Spectator 12 Aug 1942. Ervin Hall - Upper photo right side, middle, standing, white shirt. // The story behind the story - My dad couldn't swim a stroke. All new recruits were expected to swim a 100 yards but the swimming test could be avoided if you attended the blood donor clinic. It is quite possible that all those in the top photo couldn't swim either. (EAH004) Windsor Boys Join Navy. Newspaper article on Jim Simpson and Ervin Hall departing Windsor for Hamilton. The Windsor Star, Friday, 02 Aug 1942
(EAH005) Boarding house - at / near Cornwallis. L-R: Unknown, Stephens, Simpson, Christie & Hall. Photo 6 - The story behind the story - My dad's landlady, Alice Isabelle Hattie Walker, became his step-mother. My grandfather travelled to Halifax to see Dad, met the landlady and they proceeded to exchange letters. They married in May 1945 - his 2nd and her 1st. (EAH006) Petty Officer Ervin Hall, Bristol, England, Feb 1944 (EAH007) Dave Coton, Yeoman of Signals (left) and Ervin Hall. "Two Salts or One Salt and a Half". Note the expanding front on Ervin. (EAH008) Train Station, Campbellton, NB
(EAH009 - EAH013) Ontario to Nova Scotia - Train Station, Campbellton, New Brunswick - 01 Mar 1943 "The train left Montreal Sunday evening and we were able to sleep on the train" (EAH009) Bill Christie, Jim Simpson, Jack Macintosh, Ted Squires & Truman Stephens (EAH010) Ervin Hall (EAH011) Jimmy Simpson (EAH012) Stevy aka Truman Stephens (EAH013) Captain Paul - after arrival in Halifax
(EAH014) Barracks at HMCS CORNWALLIS, Apr 1943 (EAH105) New construction at HMCS CORNWALLIS, Apr 1943 (EAH016) "The Navvies" - Work crew at construction site at HMCS CORNWALLIS, Apr 1943. Ervin Hall first on left Courtesy of Susan McPhedran
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