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Sources Veterans Affairs Canada HMCS Valleyfield

Leonard James Boudreau Petty Officer Stoker A/2453 Royal Canadian Naval Reserve HMCS Valleyfield 12 October 12, 1916 Lower Cove, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia July 27, 1940 May 7, 1944 27 Halifax Memorial Panel 7 Commemorated on page 254 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 28 Petty Officer Stoker Leonard James Boudreau was the brother of Irene Boudreau, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ships served in and postings: HMCS STADACONA Enlisted 27 Jul 1940 as a Stoker 1st Class, RCNR HMCS FLEUR DE LIS Drafted to FLEUR DE LIS 11 Oct 1940 HMCS NOOTKA Drafted to NOOTKA 09 Nov 1940 HMCS RAYON D'OR Drafted to RAYON D'OR 04 MAR 1941 HMCS STADACONA Drafted to STADACONA 11 Oct 1941 * Rated Acting Leading Stoker, RCNR 01 Nov 1941 M.T.E. PICTOU Drafted to M.T.E. PICTOU 08 Nov 1941 for training HMCS STADACONA Drafted to STADACONA 03 Feb 1942 ML Q062 Drafted to Q062 02 Apr 1942 HMCS STADACONA Drafted to STADACONA 27 Jul 1942 HMCS PRESERVER Drafted to PRESERVER 07 Aug 1942 HMCS STADACONA Drafted to STADACONA 27 Aug 1942 HMCS YORK Drafted to YORK 01 Oct 1942 * Rated Acting Stoker Petty Officer, RCNR 01 Oct 1942 HMCS NADEN Drafted to NADEN 24 Dec 1942 * Rated Stoker Petty Officer, RCNR 01 Oct 1943 HMCS GIVENCHY Drafted to GIVENCHY 19 Oct 1943 HMCS STADACONA Drafted to STADACONA 23 Oct 1943 HMCS HOCHELAGA II Drafted to HOCHELAGA II 26 Nov 1943 HMCS VALLEYFIELD Drafted to VALLEYFIELD 08 Dec 1943 He was missing and presumed dead when HMCS Valleyfield was torpedoed and sunk by enemy action in the Atlantic.