Biographical Data
King, William Jones If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Able-Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-5921

 

Birth	12/11/1892	Death	30/10/1918
Place	(nk)	Place	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)
Area	(nk)	Area	(nk)
Country	(nk)	Country	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Biography
His next-of-kin, was his wife, Mrs. Stella King, 1433 Grant Street, Victoria, B.C. He was an emplyee of a telegraph company at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR. He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RNCVR. He served in HMCS Galiano 1918. (He was lost in HMCS Galiano in a storm off Vancouver Island BC October 30, 1918).

 

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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=15710&; http://www.oocities.com/gjesperson/galiano2.html; Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021831/william-jones-king/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2015-11-14 21:38:26

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