V688AB
R.C.N.V.R., H.M.C.S. Valleyfield
Able Bodied Seaman

Born: June 25th 1924 in Malton, Ontario
Died May 7th 1944 at Sea, 19 years old .... Killed in Action
Served: Canada, United Kingdom, Atlantic Ocean.
Killed when H.M.C.S Valleyfield sank in North Atlantic on May 7th 1944 by U548.
Memorial: Halifax Memorial, Panel 11.

Family: Parents - Arthur James Wakeley and Dorothy Wakeley (nee Hubbard)
Father, Arthur, served in the Army in WWI for UK and WWII for Canada

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