In memory ofLeading SeamanGeorge Rosiewho died on 15 Nov 1942 |
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V10616 Leading Stoker (HMS Quebec) George Rosie Jr. (b.1916) of Bethune was KIA 19421115 and is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial for servicemen buried or lost at sea. HMS Quebec was a combined operations unit based in Inversary castle on Loch Fyne, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. Rosie participated in a landing of troops in north Africa and he and his naval mates were lost when the MV Ettrick was torpedoed by a U-boat west of Gibraltar on their way back to Inversary. He was the son of George and Isabella Rosie who came to the Gladstone district in 1920. George Jr. was born at Regina and educated at Bethune and at Balfour Tech, Regina. He was working as a refinery attendant when he enlisted at HMCS Queen in 1941. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration | 190 - Dufferin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cemetery or memorial location | Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia
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Honour roll location(s) | Regina Bethune | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial | Rosie Lake, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial location | 59.3833°N / 106.6333°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial NTS map reference | 74O7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial details | East of Fond du Lac. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19160528 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Regina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of enlistment | 19410424 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of enlistment | Regina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence on enlistment | Bethune | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | refinery worker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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