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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
McLEAN, Elvin Raymond - aged 49 years of No. 305, 910-th Ave., New Westminster passed away accidentally on Saturday, May 20, 1972 at Chase, B.C. He is survived by his loving wife, Audrey, 1 daughter: Mrs. J. (Linda) Williams, Surrey; 1 granddaughter, Christina Mae, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McLean, New Westminster; 2 brothers, Ralph and Milton, Kamloops; 2 sisters, Mrs. Donna Bowers, Queen Charlotte Islands; Mrs. Doreen Soderstrom, Fort St. John; mother-in-law Mrs. Mae Harrington, New Westminster; Mr.. McLean was a 7 yr. veteran of W.W. II serving with the Royal Canadian Navy. He was also in the Reserve of the Westminster Regiment for a number of years. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, 1972 in the New Westminster Chapel of S. Bowell & Sons, 219-6th St., with Rev. W. Lyle officiating. Cremation.
Ships served in: HMCS NADEN - Enlisted 02 Jun 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman, RCN HMCS
STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 09 Nov 1941 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 21 Feb 1942 HMCS AVALON - Drafted to AVALON 09 Mar 1942 HMCS CHAMBLY - Drafted to CHAMBLY 18 Jun 1942 *
Rated Able Seaman, RCN 02 Jun 1942 HMCS LOUISBURG - Drafted to LOUISBURG 08 Aug 1942 * Survived the sinking of HMCS LOUISBURG HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 07 Feb 1943 HMCS
STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 19 Mar 1943 HMCS
STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 08 Oct 1943 * Survived the torpedoing of HMS NABOB HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 29 Aug 1944 * Rated Acting Leading Seaman, RCN 01 Sep 1944 HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 12 Oct 1944 HMCS
STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 25 Nov 1944 * Rated MTB C 18 May 1945 HMCS CHALEUR II - Drafted to CHALEUR II 06 Jun 1945 HMCS PEREGRINE - Drafted to PEREGRINE 12 Jun 1945 HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 15 Jun 1945 HMCS
SCOTIAN - Drafted to SCOTIAN 14 Aug 1945 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 10 Mar 1946 * Rated Leading Seaman, RCN 01 Apr 1946 HMCS
GIVENCHY - Drafted to GIVENCHY 24 May 1946 HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 18 Dec 1946 HMCS NADEN
- Drafted to NADEN 19 Apr 1947 * Disrated to Able Seaman, RCN 04 Jun 1947 HMCS ROCKCLIFFE -
Drafted to ROCKCLIFFE 06 Jun 1947 * Honourably Released 01 Jun 1948. Engagement expired
Service file for Elvin McLean
(1) Elvin and Audrey McLean on their wedding day (2) Elvin and Audrey's wedding party (3) Elvin McLean (4) Elvin McLean (left) and unidentified sailor (5) Elvin McLean on either HMCS CHAMBLY OR HMCS LOUISBURG (6) Elvin McLean by unknown monument (7) WW2 song book
(8) Shore Patrol - Elvin McLean top right (9) Shore Patrol (10 ) Shore Patrol compound overlooking HMC Dockyard, Halifax. Two Castle Class Corvettes in background (11) Unidentified person cleaning shore patrol vehicle (12) Unidentified sailor by shore patrol vehicle (13) Unidentified sailors jacking around with bat for the camera (webmaster's note: I'm sure some of them wished they were able to use a bat when on patrol) (14) Shore Patrol - Elvin McLean on left
(15) Sailors in ship's boat. Elvin McLean identified by arrow (16) Unknown young couple. Cap tally and left sleeve says "Sea Cadet" (17) Ships in unknown port - possibly St. John's, Nfld (18) Unidentified sailors jacking around (19) Unknown person - looks to be wearing a train engineer or conductor's cap (20) Sailors on unknown ship - sailor in foreground has monkey on his shoulder (21) Sailors on unknown ship - sailor front row centre holding a mandolin (22) Unknown group of sailors - uniforms look like those worn by Combined Operations personnel
(23-24) Unidentified sailors on HMCS CHAMBLY - ship identified by gunshield art
Photos courtesy of Alan Soderstrom
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