Aucoin, Dedier Dedier Aucoin, Able Seaman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 52, was born on December 25, 1888, in Cap-la-Rouge, Inverness, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Antonie Aucoin and Cécile (Chiasson) Aucoin of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. He was the husband of Louise (Chiasson) Aucoin and father of Jean Laurent, Joseph, Mary Thérèse, and Joseph Arthur Aucoin, of Chéticamp. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 88 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Berry, Raymond Raymond Berry, Fireman and Trimmer on the SS Maplecourt, aged 29, was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on June 10, 1911. Raymond was the son of Anna Belle Berry of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 95 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance WWII Wartime Heritage Yarmouth Casualty Remembrance Page Canadian Virtual War Memorial Bowes, Edison Edison Stanley Lionel Bowes, Able Seaman on the SS maplecourt, aged 28, was born on March 27, 1912, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Freeman Walter Bowes and Elizabeth May (Noseworthy) Bowes, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Her name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 99 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Campbell, Garfield Garfield Layton Campbell, Fireman and Trimmer on the SS Maplecourt, aged 26, was born on December 4, 1914, in Bridgeport, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Neil Campbell (1872-1922) and Elizabeth Cecilia (MacKinnon) Campbell (b.1880). His father died the result of wounds received during WWI. Garfield attended Mt. Carmel School, in New Waterford, and was employed in coal mining prior to joining the Merchant Navy. In January, 1941 he joined the SS Maplecouirt at Halifax. He was among the lost on February 6, 1941. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 106 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Dewhurst, Edward Edward Dewhurst, Able Seaman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 27, was the foster-son of Mr. L. A. Luddington, of Kingston, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 125 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Doucette, Joseph E. Joseph Doucette, Fireman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 48, was born on September 2, 1892, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Peter John Doucette and Elizabeth (Gaudet) Doucette, of Lower Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. Joseph was the husband of Ella Viola (Pothier) Doucette, and father of Helen Marguerite Doucette. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 148 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance WWII Wartime Heritage Yarmouth Casualty Remembrance Page Canadian Virtual War Memorial Kelly, Joseph Barnabie Joseph Barnabie Kelly, Chief Cook on the SS Maplecourt, aged 45, was born on May 4, 1895, in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Joseph Richard Kelly and Mary Elizabeth (Sharp) Kelly of Sydney, Nova Scotia and the husband of Lillian A. Wilson of Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, US. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 164 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Langille, Harold Stanley Harold Langille, Second Cook on the SS Maplecourt, aged 20, was born on May 8, 1920 in Hubbards, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. He was the son of Victor Stanley Langille (1895-1987) and Beulah Rose (Corkum) Langille (1898-1984) of Hubbards. Harold was the brother of Helen Rita, Joan Gwendolyn, Viola, and Keith. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on a memorial stone in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Hubbards Commemorated on Page 170 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Luyten, Charles Cornelis Hendrick Charles Cornelis Hendrick Luyten, Third Engineer on the SS Maplecourt, aged 32, was born on January 1, 1909 in Sundeit, Netherlands. He was the son of Deny Luyten and Jean (Kloël) Luyten of Prince Edward Island and husband of Mary Elizabeth (Burnette) of Halifax, Nova Scotia and father of Shirley Mae Luyten. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 178 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Matheson, William William Matheson, Fireman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 38, was the son of Son of Samuel Haden and Eliza Ellam of Wolherhampton, West Midlands, England. Born William Haden, he was adopted by William Matheson of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and took the Matheson surname. His brother, Ernest Haden, who was adopted by Alexander and Jessie Urquhart of Milville, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, was killed in action on May 6, 1917 at Vimy while serving with the 85th Nova Scotia Regiment. (Regimental number 222561) and was buried under his baptismal name Haden. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 184 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Morrissey, Michael Michael Morrissey, Fireman and Trimmer on the SS Maplecourt, aged 48, was from Kings Co., Prince Edward Island. He was the brother of Francis (Frank) D. Morrissey, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 197 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Richards, Clarence Clarence Richards, Able Seaman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 20, was the son of Foster Richards and Elvira Richards, of Petite Riviere, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. He was he brother of Carl, Hector, Ralph, Malcolm, Lillian, Belle, Joyce, Dorothy, Cora, Vivian, and Joyce. Foster Richards was a farmer His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 217 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Shaw, Joseph Joseph Shaw, Ordinary Seaman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 24, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Shaw, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 225 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Shea, Albert Albert Shea, Oiler on the SS Maplecourt, aged 27, was the brother of Edward Shea of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 225 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial Trefry, Ernest Fredrick Ernest Trefry, Ordinary Seaman on the SS Maplecourt, aged 19, born February 5, 1921, was the son of Angus Francis Trefry (1895- 1990) and Reta (Hurlburt) Trefry (1897- 1979), of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Ernest was the brother of Shirley Helen (Trefry) Wyman (1935-2008). His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 242 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance WWII Wartime Heritage Yarmouth Casualty Remembrance Page Canadian Virtual War Memorial Young, George George Young, 4th Engineer on the SS Maplecourt, aged 23, was the son of Elzia Youing of Arichat, Nova Scotia. His name is listed on the Halifax Memorial Commemorated on Page 253 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Canadian Virtual War Memorial