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Item · 1939-12-01 - 1941-03-01
Midshipman Robert Clifford Willis was a Royal Canadian Navy officer, As a Midshipman he was holding the most junior rank of a naval officer, an officer by courtesy but not yet commissioned. His logbook contains a handwritten account and pictures of the battle of the Mediterranean, including the sinking of the Italian battleship, the Bartolomeo Colleoni.During the Battle of Calabria, Midshipman Willis was on board the HMS Royal Sovereign. He also wrote in his Journal about the British Navy's attack on neutral French Navy ships stationed at the Mers El Kébir naval base near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to prevent neutral French ships from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base resulted in the death of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship, and the damaging of five other ships. In contrast, the British suffered a loss of five aircraft and two crewmen. The Royal Navy carried out the attack by air and sea after France had signed armistices with Germany and Italy, which came into effect on 25 June.The British were particularly concerned about the five battleships of the Bretagne and Richelieu classes and the two fast battleships of the Dunkerque class, which were the second largest force of capital ships in Europe after the Royal Navy. The British War Cabinet was worried about these ships falling into Axis hands. Despite repeated assurances from Admiral François Darlan, the commander of the French Navy, that the fleet would remain under French control, even after the French armistices with Germany and Italy, Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet deemed the risk too great. Darlan refused British requests to place the fleet in British custody or move it to the French West Indies, out of German reach. Midshipman Willis was on board for HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Malaya and was part of other Operations which he recorded in his Journal Midshipman Willis had a long career with the Royal Canadian Navy. Records show that he was a Paymaster Midshipman during World War II in 1940 and a Paymaster Lt. at Cornwallis in 1943/44. He was also found attending the University of Western Ontario in 1959 and was the Commander of the Naval Supply Depot in Halifax in 1965.
Item · 1941-10-01 - 1942-05-31
Dennis Garland 'Bud' Malloy hailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He joined the RCAF on the day World War II began and completed over 60 missions with 402 Squadron before being repatriated to Canada in October 1943. Later, he served as a Flight Commander and instructor. By July 1964, he had risen to the rank of Group Captain and Station Commander at RCAF Goose Bay. Malloy had prior flying experience as a civilian. After graduating from JATP and CFS, he was assigned as the second instructor at SFTS Uplands. In 1942, he was posted to the UK, where he took over 402 Squadron. He was shot down over the Channel but was rescued by a launch. F/L Malloy's logbook contains detailed records of his flying activity during World War II, including his involvement in the Dieppe Raid, notes on missing comrades, weather conditions, and escorting Flying Fortress aircraft on bombing missions. Additionally, there is a picture of a Spitfire aircraft in his logbook. SAM.2002.32.1a
John Stewart fonds
Fonds · 1812 - 1943
Fonds consists of notebooks, correspondence, books, articles, a photograph, and artifacts. MS-13-39
Fonds · 1908 - 1944
Fonds consists of records regarding a wide range of activities of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including administrative deliberations, recognition and management of members, meetings, educational initiatives and financial management. The fonds contains correspondences, minutes of meetings, administrative records, financial statements, photographs and others textual records. MS-2-111
Item · 1918, 1944
Item is a minute book kept during meetings of the Medical Relief Committee of Dartmouth. The Committee met regularly in late 1917 and 1918 to discuss the care of Dartmouth patients following the December 1917 Halifax Explosion. The minute book, which was primarily kept by Dr. M.G. Burris, details meetings of the committee and efforts to coordinate relief activities with the Medical Relief Committee of Halifax. Burris added two pages of notes in June 1944 with information on some members of the committee, Dartmouth hospitals managed by the committee, and remunerations paid by the Medical Relief Committee to physicians who treated patients. MS-13-49, SF Box 69, Folder 18
Item · 1941 - 1945
This logbook is one of a set of two. It contains an insert that confirms the pilot's understanding of the oxygen equipment, an Air Navigator's Certificate Second class, and a summary of flying assessments for the years 1941 and 1942. The logbook provides details about the aircraft make and model, the hours flown by both pilots and passengers, certification notes, numerical format exercises, operations, bombings, locational data, ASR searches, and a reference to finding survivors of the San Ernesto tanker wreckage. It also includes records of escort operations, a breakdown of hours by location and squadron, and a record of service. SAM.1998.14.1
Daniel McNeil Parker fonds
Fonds · 1942 - 1946
Fonds consists of student tickets and certificates from the University of Edinburgh. MS-13-31
Fonds · [18--] - 1946
Fonds consists of materials regarding Captain Robert N. Anderson's activities as a shipmaster, including a ship's logbook, a bill of sale for the schooner Corona and receipts of goods freighted by the Corona. Records also include correspondence sent to Anderson by his family. MS-2-504
James Fraser fonds
Fonds · 1885 - 1947
Fonds contains the records of Halifax fish merchant James Fraser, including financial statements (1885-1945); lobster contracts (1885-1892); and ledgers (1923-1940). MS-4-52