In memory of

Ordinary Seaman

Clinton LeRoy Simons

who died on 13 Sep 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Navy
  Unit HMCS Ottawa
  Rank Ordinary Seaman
  Service number 4639
  Date of death 19420913
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  4639 Signalman (HMCS Ottawa) Clinton LeRoy Simons (b.1924) of Swift Current was KIA 19420913 and is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial for servicemen lost or buried at sea. He was the son of Roy and Martha Merle Simons who homesteaded SW14-15-10-W3 northwest of Neidpath and later moved to Calgary, Alberta. Clinton was a student when he enlisted as a boy signalman at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 137 - Swift Current
  Cemetery or memorial location Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia    

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  Honour roll location(s) Swift Current
  Geo-memorial Simons Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.5°N / 106.1833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74O8
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Fontaine Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19240415
  Place of birth Swift Current    
  Date of enlistment 19410715
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Swift Current    
  Occupation student
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