In memory of

Ordinary Seaman

Anthony Leskiw

who died on 20 Oct 1940

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Navy
  Unit SS Whitford Point
  Rank Ordinary Seaman
  Service number V11314
  Date of death 19401020
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  V11314 Ordinary Seaman (SS Whitford Point) Anthony (Tony) Leskiw (b.1920) of Saskatoon was KIA 19401020 and is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial along with the 2,000 other members of the services who were lost or buried at sea. A member of the RCNVR before the war (he enlisted at Saskatoon late in 1938), Tony Leskiw perished on his first voyage on active service as an anti-aircraft machinegunner on the SS Whitford Point, a merchantman carrying 7500 tons of steel which was sunk by U47 in the north Atlantic. He was the son of Philemon and Christina Leskiw, both of Ukrainian extraction, who were married at Ethlebert, Manitoba, in 1911. Tony was born at Saskatoon and was a printer's apprentice when he enlisted.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Leskiw Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.5833°N / 102.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L10
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Hanson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200512
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19381027
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation printers apprentice
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