Name: Frank Edgar Smith Service Number: O68030 Rank: Lieutenant Skipper Service: Royal Canadian Naval Reserve H.M.C.S. Stadacona Date of Birth: February 28, 1884 Place of Birth: Eel Bay, Shelburne Co., NS Date of Enlistment: September 14, 1939 Height: 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches Complexion: Ruddy Hair colour: Grey Eye colour: Brown Date of Death: December 23, 1943 Age at Death 59 Cemetery: Our Lady of Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yarmouth NS Grave Reference: Lot 240 Grave 1 Commemorated on Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 30 Frank Edgar Smith was born in Eel Bay (formerly Cape Negro) in Shelburne Co., NS, the son of James Harvey Smith (1859-1941) and Harriet Anne (Swain) Smith (1859-1916), and the brother of Captain Clarence Alvah Smith (1888-1925), Anna Jane Smith (1893-1939), Alberta Louise Smith (1897-1978), and James H Smith (b. 1900). Frank was the husband of Clara Mae Smith of Yarmouth NS, married at Yarmouth, on December 10, 1910, and the father of Muriel M. Smith (1914-1991), and Glendon W. Smith (1917-1995). Prior to his military service he was a Master Mariner of the Ellsworth RCMP Patrol Boat (assigned to the Ellesworth RCMP Marine Station). With the He also served with the Inspector of Naval Ordnance, and the Superintendent of Naval Armament Depot. As of November 15, 1943, he was taken on staff of C. in C., Canadian Naval Attaché under Cdr. of the Port for duty with D.E.M.S. (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships). Lieutenant Skipper Frank Edgar Smith died of a heart attack while on leave in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Canadian Virtual War Memorial