Trustee Events and Information
Every Friday – Noon Lunch onboard.
Friday 16 March – St. Patrick’s lunch. Irish menu and hospitality
Friday 4 May – Annual Battle of the Atlantic (BOA) Dinner onboard. See CO’s column
Sunday 6 May – Annual sailing for Point Pleasant Park BOA and Committal Ceremony
OTHER EVENTS
Saturday 18 February – Visit by Weymouth Army Cadets
Saturday 3 March – Visit by HMCS Windsor guests from Ontario
Monday 5 March – Visit by New Brunswick Sea Cadets
Canadian Naval Memorial Trust to Benefit from Concert
Do you plan on being in Halifax April 24th?
If so, you are in for a real treat. The Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces Atlantic is performing in the 14th annual Battle of the Atlantic Musical Gala that evening.
Ticket sales will be in support of the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, which operates HMCS Sackville, Canada’s last corvette. The concert will be held at Pier 21 starting at 7 p.m.
The list of guest performers is growing and it will surely be an evening of great entertainment.
More information and where to purchase tickets will become available in the coming weeks.
Those who recently departed:
BORGAL, George Gordon, 90, of Halifax, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family Thursday November 10, 2011, at the Halifax Infirmary. Born in Pleasant Harbour, January 4, 1921, he was a son of the late Lewis and Hazel (Jennings) Borgal. George served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1937 until 1964 ( WWII Campaign Stars 39-45, Atlantic, with France and Germany Bar, Pacific, granted survivor’s leave 3 times, Korean War medal). Following his service career, George furthered his education and achieved his Master’s Seagoing Ticket before driving the Halifax/Dartmouth Ferry for several years and then joining the Queen’s Harbour Master in Halifax to manage the Navy’s small boat fleet until his final retirement in 1982. Throughout his retirement he was a strong supporter of the C&PO’s Association and HMCS SACKVILLE, Canada’s Naval Memorial. George is survived by his beloved wife of 66 yrs, Margaret “Peggy” (Byrne); sons, George and Shirley (Brown), Halifax, Danny and Debbie (LeGay), Bedford; daughter, Karen and Mike Spurr, Halifax; grandchildren, Matt (Rebecca), Colin (Judit), Kim (Andrew), Lori (Richard) and Kate; great grandchildren, Ryalee, Rowan and Calvin; brother, Ernie, Halifax.; sister-in-law, Maude, Bridgewater. Besides George’s parents, he was predeceased by daughter, Sharon; brother, Percy and sister, Ruby. Visitation will be held 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Sunday November 13 at Atlantic Funeral Homes, 6552 Bayers Rd., Halifax where a funeral service and reception will be held at 10 a.m. Monday November 14. Internment will take place in Oakridge Memory Gardens at a later date. Family flowers only. The family sincerely thanks all those in 8.2 of the Infirmary for having given George and his family the highest quality of care and respect. Donations in memory may be made to Canadian Cancer Society. On-line condolences may be sent by visiting: www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com George’s life centered on his wife, Marg, and their commitment to family. He will be fondly remembered by all who knew him for his generous and humble spirit and wonderful sense of humour. Upon leaving family and people he was close to, George would give them a hug saying: “God Bless”.
MAYO, Mark William, Captain RCN, C. F. — 88, (born in 1923) died of mesothelioma on November 2, 2011, in the presence of his family in Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial Building, QEII. Born in Saint John, N.B., Mark was a son of the late William John and Hallie Emily McElwain. He was educated at Rothesay Consolidated School. In 1941, fulfilling a boyhood ambition, Mark joined the Royal Canadian Navy as an Officer Cadet and attended Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England. He served as a midshipman in the British battleship HMS Nelson and in the destroyer HMS Tumult in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and at Salerno on the mainland of Italy. After being repatriated to Canada by hospital ship for surgery in the spring of 1944, Mark returned to naval service. On completion of further officer training in the UK, he served in HMCS Iroquois in the eastern Atlantic until the end of the war in Europe. He then served in the cruiser HMCS Ontario during her deployment to the Far East in 1945. Immediately after VJ day, he was in charge of a naval landing company to secure Hong Kong after the Japanese occupiers surrendered. Mark served again in the western Pacific at the close of the Korean hostilities. He commanded several ships during his long naval career: HMCS Haida, Iroquois, Saskatchewan and Preserver. He served twice at Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa as well as on the staff of NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium. Included in Mark’s medals and decorations were five Campaign Stars and Medals for service in Korea and with NATO. He was awarded the George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal by the government of Malta for his service in the defense of the famous Malta convoy of August 1942. He was also awarded the Russian Convoy Medal by the Soviet Union for participation in Russian convoy duties. In 1977, Mark retired from the Regular Canadian Forces, while continuing to serve in the Reserve Navy as a trained Convoy Commodore. In civilian life he was employed as Master Attendant with Queen’s Harbour Master in Halifax. He retired from that position in 1987 and busied himself as a IWK Children’s Hospital volunteer, church work at Saint John the Baptist Church and at his hobbies of woodworking and gardening. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Naval Officers Association and HMCS Sackville Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. Mark Mayo is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Joan Kruger; daughters, Rosemary Tayler of Ottawa; Anne McKennirey (John) of Carleton Place, Ont., and Margaret Heard (Stephen) and Catherine Woodman (MacDara), both of Halifax; by sister, Elizabeth Bass of Grand Manan, N.B., and by brothers, John Mayo of Elora, Ont., and Gerald Mayo of Nashwaak Village, N.B. His sister Joyce and brothers, Bernard, Medley and Brian predeceased him. ‘Opa’ Mayo will be greatly missed by his grandchildren, Kathleen Smith, Emma McKennirey, Brigid Crichton, Luke Mayo McKennirey, Clare McKennirey, John Bernard McKennirey, Hugh McKennirey, Meagan Heard, Alison Heard, Liam Mark Woodman, Maura Woodman, Bernadette Woodman and by his great-grandchildren, Gabriel Smith, Olivia Smith, Sophie Smith and Alastair Crichton. Visitation is from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, November 4th in J.A. Snow Funeral Home, 339 Lacewood Dr., Halifax (902) 455-0531. The funeral will be in Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church on Purcell’s Cove Road at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 5th. Interment will be at a later date in the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa. The family thanks Alistair Wright, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and 5 East staff of Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial Building, QEII. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the HMCS Sackville Memorial Trust or to Canadian Cancer Society. Please visit: www.jasnowfuneralhome.com
