CAMP NORWAY FOUNDATION MEDALS
September 8th, 1996, Esquimalt, B.C., Canada
On September 8th, 1996, the
Camp Norway Foundation
held a Memorial Service and Medallion
Presentation at the
Esquimalt, British Columbia
War Memorial in order to honour Canadian Merchant Navy
Veterans who had served
aboard Norwegian
merchant ships during World War Two.
MEDALLION RECIPIENTS
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Lawrence M. WIDENE
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Thomas Peter FAULKNER
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Francis Trevor POLLOCK
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David Kidd SMITH
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Frances Joan HENRIKSEN**
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Eric A. ROCKER
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Robert Siteman CARPENTER*
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Freedolph M. PETERSEN
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Lewis Raymond CROSBY
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Harry Tweed LATHWELL*
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William E. HAWLEY
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Emile George DAY*
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Calvin DIXON
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Bruce HOWLETT
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Edward W. ROBB
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Harald LIKNESS
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Charles M. HITCHEN
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Edward Roy BLAINEY
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William PAQUETTE*
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Charles E. (Chuck) BETSWORTH
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Ray GREW
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Gordon Wallace THOMSON
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George W.D. PLANK
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* Indicates that the medallion was awarded posthumously.
** Frances Joan Hendriksen
was one of eight Canadian women
who served
on Norwegian merchant ships during WWII
as radio operators or "Sparks".
Frances was aboard a Norwegian tanker
supplying fuel to US Naval Ships
at
Eniwetok Atoll
in the Marshall Islands
in March 1944 -- the same time that
Chuck Betsworth
was there aboard the Motor Tanker
Pan Europe.
For more information on the MT Pan Europe
please visit Siri Holm Lawson's
Warsailors.com
website.
This page is maintained by Maureen Venzi and it is part of
The Allied Merchant Navy of WWII Website.
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