I have three female casualties all commemorated in the Canadian Second World War Book of Remembrance, they are:- SALMON, Naomi Elizabeth – ATS – Died 22.12.1941 – Buried Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth. Cause of death unknown. TOMBS, Dorothy Helen – QAIMNS – Died 17.02.1942 – Commemorated on Singapore Memorial - Died in sinking of S.S. Tanjong Penang during Singapore evacuation. MACKAY, Mary Margaret Murray – TANS – Died 12.08.1944 - Buried Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel – Cause of death unknown. Enquiries to ascertain their Canadian connection were sent to ‘Canadian Veteran Affairs’ and a post on ‘Canada at War’ Forum with no responses. Is it just possible that one of our members can advise a connection? Perhaps relatives in Canada or even emigrants from Canada? Grateful for your assistance. Tony
No apparent link to Canada, when the Nationality and Parents for the first two names indictate UK. Name: SALMON, NAOMI ELIZABETH Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service Age: 21 Date of Death: 22/12/1941 Service No: W/29420 Additional information: Daughter of Percy Edmund Barnard Salmon and Elizabeth Sarah Grace Salmon, of Okehampton. Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Cons. Grave 17988. Cemetery: PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMETERY Name: TOMBS, DOROTHY HELEN Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sister Regiment/Service: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Date of Death: 17/02/1942 Service No: 206488 Additional information: Daughter of Benjamin D. R. and Ethel Mabel Tombs, of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 114. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL No details of parents for MMM Mackay
Wondered about the possibility of the whole family being Canadian migrants - just a thought. Canadians must have picked their names from somewhere?
