HMCS Kootenay, Survivors of the 1969 Disaster, 2018.
All but two of these photos (separately credited) were taken by William Gard.
May 1, 2022: Most of the names were provided by Patti Christie, daughter of 1969 HMCS Kootenay survivor Bob (Doc) Christie.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
(Photo by Formation Imaging.)
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Key to positions is in the slightly different photo below.
Back row, L - R:
8 Tom Wickens,
9 Gord "Dusty" Miller,
10 Jim Stutley,
11 Steve Rowland,
12 Bryan Hughes,
13 Cyril Johnson,
14 Bill "Jeff" Jefferson,
15 Brian Fenwick,
16 Roger Theriault,
17 Rick Boyd,
18 John Gregory,
19 Doug Moore,
20 Chris LeGier,
21 Ron Hildebrand,
22 Wayne MacDonald,
23 Dinger Bell,
24 Jim Mosley,
25 Brian Galletly,
26 Ches Walters,
27 Roger Bronson,
28 Warren Hopper,
29 David Ashley,
30 John Womack,
31 Frank Fox,
32 Gary McGuire.
Front Row, L - R:
1 Harold Crockett,
2 Andrew Richard,
3 David Gourley,
4 John Montague,
5 Denis Couvrette,
6 Hugh MacPhee,
7 Mike Aris.
The white numbers are the key to the caption of the photo above.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Hodges Hamm, Dave Gourley, and Wendall Brown.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Denis Couvrette, Bob Connors and Tom Birchall.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Ches Walters and unknown.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Jim Mosley and Jeff Jefferson.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Evelyn and Gerald Haggett (brother of deceased 1969 Kootenay survivor Winston Haggett).
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Coxswain White, Dinger Bell and Hodges Hamm.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
John Gregory (1969 Kootenay survivor) and wife Esther.
Members of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Wendall Bowen and Ches Walters.
Member of the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Denis Couvrette.
Attendees at the surviving crew at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Left to right: Esther Gregory (wife of 1969 Kootenay survivor John Gregory), Sheila and Donna (daughters of deceased 1969 Kootenay survivor Ernest McLeod),
John Gregory (1969 Kootenay survivor), Eleanor Tracy (wife of 1969 Kootenay survivor Bill "Jeff" Jefferson).
Attendees at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Dinger Bell (a surviving member of HMCS Kootenay crew), and Brian Lapierre and Buster Brown (both guests at the reunion).
Attendees at the reunion in Halifax, 23 October, 2018.
Identified as Base Commander David Mazur and Army Padre Lee.
(Photo by Formation Imaging.)
Many thanks to William Gard for sending me these photos.
Can you provide missing names, comments or corrections?
Please email Charlie Dobie.