1908. EARL THOMPSON CUSHING

Sex: M Birth: 1908 in Canada Death: 8 April 1944 at sea Name: Earl Thompson Cushing Place At Sea Reg. Number: 1944-09-701588 Date: 19444 8 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 36 Event: Death Microfilm #: B14424 (GSU # 2231494) In memory of EARL THOMPSON CUSHING Lieutenant who died on April 8, 1944. Service Number: N/A Age: 36 Force: Army Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corps Unit: N/A Citation: N/A Additional Information: Son of Arthur T. and Annie N. Cushing, of Vancouver, British Columbia; husband of Catherine H. Cushing, of Vancouver. Cemetery: HALIFAX MEMORIAL Nova Scotia, Canada Grave Reference: Panel 16. Location: The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows: 1914 1939 1918 1945 IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE. Father: Arthur Thompson Cushing b: 10 February 1869 in Kenilworth, Ontario, Canada Mother: Mary Ann (Annie) Nelson b: 22 July 1876 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada Marriage 1: Catherine H. (Cushing) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Married: Sources: 1. Province of British Columbia, BC Archives, 2002, ORS 9300-40, http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca 2. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial, http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2557907