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LAST NAME
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FIRST NAME
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SERVICE
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WORK FOLLOWING RETURN
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WHERE BURIED
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DATE
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DANIELS
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Cyril
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Royal Nfld Regt /WWI
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Mt. Patricia,
Ang
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1977
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DANIELS
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Peter
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Royal Nfld Regt /WWI
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Svc # 318, Blue Putees, CSM
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Mt. Patricia,
RC
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1969
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DaROCHA
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Moises
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Served in Portuguese Army as a gunner for three
years;
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Haulage Truck Driver with IOCC. Common law wife
Fern Snow for 34 yrs. Worked for IOC in Lab City for 27 yrs; retired to
Deer Lake. Member & Exec both in Labrador
City(10 yrs) & Deer Lake
Legions
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Deer Lake
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DARRIGAN
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Raymond
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SFC, Airborne
Division. Was drafted in US military in Nov 1950 and trained as a
paratrooper. Was in Korea
as part of 187 Airborne. He did another tour in Korea
and in Europe. He was a member of the Airborne
Division Rifle & Pistol Team. He also served in USA
and Japan.
Received Infantry Badge, Master Parachute Badge, Korean Service Medal and
two Bronze Stars, Oak Leaf Cluster National Defense, Army Occupational
Medal and Viet Commendation Medal. Rose to the rank of First Sergeant and
while serving his 2nd tour in Vietnam
in 1967 with the 173rd Airborne he was killed.
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Born 8 Dec 1926
in Boston, Mass.
Came to NL at the age of 2 and was
raised by grandparents Maurice & Leah Darrigan. He married Elizabeth
Edge; 5 children.
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National Cemetery,
Raleigh, North Carolina
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1967
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DARRIGAN
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Wm.
Stanley
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Royal Navy, WW2; #181409. Overseas with 3rd contingent
& first ship HMS Forfar which was torpedoed and sunk in Dec 1940.
Drafted to Singapore
and served on mine sweeper HMS Rhoda. Also served on submarine sweeper HMS
Rhoda and submarine destroyer HMS Dragon Fly until 15 Fe 1942 when she was
bombed and sunk. Picked up by a British ship and landed in East
Sumatra, Dutch West Indies. Fought on
shore under Dutch command. Became POW when overrun by Japanese 17 Mar 1942.
Stan had spent 3 mos in a Dutch hospital. He remained a POW UNTIL RELEASE
Oct 1945. Discharged may 6, 1946.
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Born 8 Sep 1916
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son of Maurice & Leah (Rowe) Darrigan. Married Susie Sheppard; 3 children. Foreman with
Dept. of Highways, did the initial survey for
Lark
Harbour road, using the
experience he learned pushing roads through the jungles of SE
Asia.
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Lark Harbour,
Ang
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17 June 2001
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DARRIGAN
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Walter Henry
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Royal Navy; #181411. Joined in Sep 39. Overseas with 3rd
contingent. 1st ship HMS Forfar until 2 Dec 1940 when she was torpedoed. Volunteered for Far
East service & was drafted to Singapore.
Ship - HMS Grasshopper, patrolled in Straits of Malacca and south China
Sea. Worked with Royal Naval Police in Singapore
until Japanese invasion then joined HMS Kongwa, a mine layer. 3 days later
ship sunk by Japanese. Ships company made it to Sinkip, small island for 14
days. There they captured a Chinese Junk and sailed to Padang,
Sumatra. Discovered too late that the Japanese had
captured Padang and he was
taken prisoner. POW until 16 Aug
45 when he returned to England.
Discharged Mar 1946.
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Born August 5th, 1918. Son of Maurice and Leah (Rowe) Darrigan
Married Mary Murrin & settled in York Harbour.;
four children. |
Lark Harbour,
Ang
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1-Mar-85
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DAVIS
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Charles
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166(Nfld) Royal Artillery
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Mt. Patricia,
UC
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4-Mar-77
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DAVIS
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Ronald Leonard
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Royal Cdn Navy, #A4763
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Able Seaman, Served on HMCS Peregrist 15 Aug 41 - 27 Jul 45
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Mt. Patricia,
Ang
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7-Sep-96
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DAWE
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Vernon
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Royal Navy, WW2
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DAY
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Francis
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166(Nfld) Royal Arty
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Mt. Patricia,
Ang
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28-Jun-01
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DAYE
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Eldon
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RCAF
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00 Nov 01
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DAYE
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Ethelbert
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Royal Nfld Regt /WWI
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Mt. Patricia,
UC
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1979
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DEERING
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John
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Royal Navy, WW2
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Mt. Patricia
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10-Nov-95
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DELANDY
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Leo
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Cdn Army PPCLI
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Ottawa, ON
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DERIGAN
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William T.
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Merchant Navy/WW1 & WW2
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Born 1899 (spelled his name Derigan (vs. Darrigan). He
was a sailor all his life mostly on American ships. His home port was San
Francisco. He never married and retired to John's
Beach.
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Johns Beach, Ang
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14-Aug-69
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DICKS
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Augustus
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Royal Navy, WW2
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Mt. Patricia,
RC
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1976
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DICKS
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Simon
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WW1/ Army
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KIA
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DICKSON
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Wilfred
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DOBBIN
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William
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59 (Nfld) Royal Arty
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Mt. Patricia,
RC
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16-Sep-98
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DOLOMOUNT
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Percy
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59 (Nfld) Royal Arty.
Served from 1939-1945 in Eng; w. Europe, Belgium
and in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Born in Rose Blanche 23 Dec 1918, son of George & Alice; taught school
in Battle Hr before enlisting. Moved to Corner Brook
after the war and married Doreen Maher on 21 Nov 1950; 6 children. Worked at Bowaters,
Hann Bros. and Stan Dawes. He was a member of the Lions Club and
treasurer of RCL, Corner
Brook.
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Mt. Patricia,
RC
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19-Oct-99
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DOUCETTE
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Bernard
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Cdn Provost.
Corps
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St. John's, Fd of Hon
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10-Mar-94
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DOUCETTE
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Hubert
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Royal Air Force
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Mt. Patricia, RC
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23-Jul-81
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DOWNEY
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Joseph
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166(Nfld) Royal Arty
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Townsite, RC
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1981
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DROVER
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James
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Royal Navy, WW1
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DRUGGETT
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George William
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British Navy/WW1
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Born 15 Jun 1892, son of Amos & Alice of Lark Hr.
Received shrapnel wound in Battle of Jutland in 1916. Moved to St John's
after the war; married Katherine Eddcott; 8 children. Worked as a
longshoreman.
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St. John's, Ang
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10-Nov-65
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DRUGGETT
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Thomas
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Royal Navy/WW1; served as convoy escort in armed merchant
cruisers in North Atlantic
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Born 1893, son of Jimmy and Mary Anne. Returned to
Lark Harbour after the war; fisherman. Never married
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Lark Harbour, Ang
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15-Aug-65
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DUFFY
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John A.
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Merchant Navy, WW2
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Mt. Patricia, RC
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2-Mar-96
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DUNN
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Harry
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59th Hvy Arty, Gunner, #970988
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Member of Br 3
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Cormack
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23-Feb-02
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DUNPHY
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Edmund
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Royal Navy, WW2
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Mt. Patricia, RC
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16-Apr-92
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DUNPHY
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Thomas
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USAAF/RCAF
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Mt. Patricia, RC
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1984
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DUNPHY
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Thomas
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Royal Nfld Regt /WWI
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RC
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DURDLE
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Joseph
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Merchant Navy, WW2
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Mt. Patricia, Ang
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1978
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DWYER
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Donald
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Merchant Navy
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