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Goreham, Leslie MacKenzie. A4639. Able Seaman.
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Goreham, Leslie MacKenzie "Pete" A4639.
Able Seaman. HMCS St. Croix. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. 1920- 1943.
Born 11 January 1920 in Lower Woods Harbour, Shelburne County; lost 20 September 1943 at sea. He was on convoy duty serving on the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix when, after a savage battle, on the outer rim of the "Arctic Circle" she was struck by two torpedoes followed by a third which caused a terrific explosion. Within three minutes the destroyer sank. After thirteen hours in the freezing water eighty- one of her men were rescued by the British frigate Itchen. Two days later the Itchen was also torpedoed and as a result only one of the 146 crew members of the St. Croix survived.
Pete had enlisted at Halifax on 21 May 1941 and had served on the gate vessel HMCS Venture, at HMCS Protector (Sydney, N.S.) at HMCS Bytown E.(Ottawa) and at HMCS Avalon (Newfoundland) before he joined the HMCS St.Croix. His theatres of service included Canada, Newfoundland and the High Seas. Memorialized on Sailors Memorial Panel 7, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax.