I have to admit I had forgotten this anniversary.
Paul Sulkers just sent me an e-mail.
Hi Pierre, just a quick note to remember April 29, 1944.
If you want to share something about HMCS Athabaskan, just write a comment and I will get in touch via e-mail.
Paul Sulkers whose father was a sailor on the Athabaskan contacted me last year sending me pictures.
I have posted many articles on this blog about the Athabaskan.
Together we might pay homage to all the sailors of the Athabaskan.
Here are some of the sailors who lost their lives (in bold are the sailors I wrote articles about).
Adams, John C. – AB
John Cameron Adams was the husband of Ida Eileen Adams. He was the first to join the ‘RCNVR London Division” which was formed in August of 1938. He enlisted at HMCS Prevost in London and served aboard the destroyer HMCS Skeena. He was lost at sea, age 31, when the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan was sunk in the English Channel on April 29, 1944.
Agnew, John – AB
No pictures
Allison, Albert E. – AB
Amiro, Irvin V. – Tel
Annett, Robert I.L. – SLt (E)
Armstrong, George A. – AB
Ashton, Percy G. – AB
Barrett, Arthur E. – AB
Bell, Donald A. – Sto
Berkeley, Alfred G. – OS
Bertrand, Laurent J.L. – CPO
Bianco, Anthony D. – AB
Bieber, Edgar E. – Sto. PO
Blinch, Harry C. – AB
Brandson, Thomas L. – Lt(S)
Brighten, Victor H. – ERA*
* information from a reader
Pierre
In speaking to my dad this morning, two things emerged. The website shows Vic Brighten’s rank as ERA. He was in fact Chief ERA. He had just replaced Ernie Mills, and was therefore no supposed to be aboard, but the changeover took longer than expected so he stayed aboard for the extra 2 days.
Doug
Burrow, William O. – LS
Chamberland, Paul H.A. – AB
Cookman, Edgar A. – LS
Cooney, Stewart R. – Stwd
Corbiere, Vincent G. – AB
Corkum, Gordon F. – AB
Cottrell, Sydney A. – AB
Croft, Mayle H. – AB
Cross, Alfred T. – O.Tel
DeArmond, Gordon, L. – LS
Dillen, Stewart C. – Stwd
Dion, A. Jean G. – L.Sto
Edhouse, Donald W. – Sto
Fleming, Harold L. – AB
Forron, Jack E.A. – Sto
Fralick, Earl I. – AB
Frith, William A. – AB
Fuller, Eugene M. – AB
Gaetano, Valentino J. – AB
Gibbons, Marshall L. – AB
Goldsmith, T.H. – C. Yeo. Sig
Gordon, Lloyd M. – AB
Goulet, Robert J. – Sto
Grainger, Roy J. – LSA
Guest, Carlton G. – AB
Hayes, Christopher – OS
Heatherington, John T. – Sto
Henry, Robert J. – AB
Houison, George D. – L.Wrtr
Hurley, Micheal P. – Sto
Irvine, Leonard C. – AB
Izard, Theodore D. – Lt (E)
Jarvis, Edmund A. – LS
Johnson, Elswood S. – AB
Johnson, Richard R. – L.Sto
Johnston, Lawrence R. – AB
Kelly, Lionel D. – Stwd
Kobes, John R. – LS
Lamoureux, André – LS
Lawrence, Ralph M. – Lt
Lea, Eric E. – Sto
Ledoux, Louis – AB
Lewandowski, Stan S. – Sto
Lind, Mekkel G. – Sto PO
Love, Walter M. – ERA
Lucas, Donald O. – Sto
MacAvoy, Gerald W. – PO. Cook
MacDonald, Ashley K. – AB
MacKenzie, Alexander – AB
Maguire, John W. – L. Sto
Mahoney, John D. – Lt (SB)
Manson, John L. – Cook
Matthews, George H. – AB
McBride, John L. – AB
McCarroll, Thomas G. – Sto
McCrindle, William D. – AB
McGregor, William – L. Sto
McLean, Daniel H. – AB
McNeill, John J. – Sto
Meadwell, Richard G. – AB
Mengoni, Eric J. – AB
Metcalfe, Donald I. – Elec.Art
Millar, Victor – AB
Mills, Ernest G. – C.ERA
Mumford, Leonard K. – ERA
Nash, Robert A. – SLt
Nicholas, Joseph R. – L.Sto
Ouellette, Joseph E.V. – AB
Peart, Hubert J. – AB
Phillips, John D. – AB
Pike, Brenton J. – AB
Pothier, Charles L. – AB
Rennie, John E. – PO
Riendeau, Joseph A.L. – AB
Roberts, John C. – ERA
Roberts, Raymond L. – AB
Robertshaw, Eric – AB
Robertson, Ian A. – AB
Robertson, William – Sto
Roger, Leo A. – Sto
Rolls, Raymond B. – AB
Ryan, Norman V. – AB
St. Laurent, Joseph L.M. – AB
Sampson, Francis L. – AB
Sanderson, Earl H. – AB
Sénécal, Jean G.L. – AB
Sherlock, Albert V. – Stwd
Sigston, George D. – Gnr
Singleton, John C. – AB
Skyvington, Francis G. – SBA
Sommerfeld, Samuel W. – AB
Soucisse, Paul E. – Coder
Stevenson, Elmer H. – Sto
Stewart, John L. – AB
Stewart, William G. – Sig
Stockman, Ernest O. – Lt (E)
Stubbs, John H. – LCdr
Sutherland, John W. – AB
Sweet, Charles C. – CPO
Thompson, Harry – Sto
Tupper, Allister R. – Ord.Art
Vair, James A. – L.Stwd
Veinotte, Joseph V.W. – Sy.PO
Waitson, Maurice – AB
Wallace, Peter W. – AB
Ward, Leslie – Lt (SB)
Watson, Reginald J. – Tel
Williams, Kenneth W. – ERA
Wood, John A. – AB
Yeadon, Robert L. – AB
Lest We Forget 
Good Day to the families of these who have gone before us.
We have not forgotten the gift of these sailors.
Our dad Glen MacNeill was on the Athabaskan, he has since passed away.
I have a picture of Herm Sulkers that we would like to pass onto his son Paul.
If you could give my email to Paul that would be greatand we will ensure it is passed onto their family.
I just sent an e-mail to Paul.
He should contact you.
Pierre
My dad should be on the lists of men that survived the sinking, but he is not. I have his original records but they are almost unlegible now. Does anyone know if records are still available?
You could get his record files from Archives Canada, but they are not detailed records.
Can you scan what you have at 600 dpi or have someone help you to do it?
I could then try to find clues.
My wife’s uncle’s name was not also on the list, but he told us he survived the sinking and was picked up by HMCS Haida.
Two sailors with the Anderson name did served on that ship.
There is a list in the book Unlucky Lady of sailors who served prior to her last final patrol.
Able Seaman H. F. Anderson, number V-9893, from St. Vital, Manitoba.
Leading Seaman E. Anderson, number 3530, from Edmonton, Alberta