VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 18 / 39 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND GAUDET, Charles Joseph PEACETIME Charles was born in Tignish, PEI in 1936. He joined the Navy on August 11, 1955, retired in June 1980. He served on Queen Charlotte, Cornwallis, Stadacona, Buckingham, Algonquin, Kootenay, La Hulloise and Skeena at CFB Halifax and Ottawa. He was a 38-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Tignish Branch 6. Charles passed away in 2019. GALLANT, Stephen J. CADETS Stephen was born in Alberton, PEI in 1958. He served with the CIC at the rank of Lieutenant. Stephen is a 29-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Tignish Branch 6. FRANCIS, Everett Samuel WWII Everett was born on February 2, 1921, in Albany, PEI. He was married to Janie Louise Mercer. After enlisting with the PEI Highlanders in 1940, he was sent to Newfoundland where his unit was based. In 1942, he attended a small arms training course in Ontario, but was granted leave to return to Newfoundland to see his newly born daughter, Greta. While aboard the railway ferry SS Caribou, on October 14, 1942, it was torpedoed by a German u-boat. Everett did not survive. He is buried in St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Cemetery in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
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