Aucoin, A P (Amedee Patrick)
Aucoin, A P (Amedee Patrick)
Petty officer Amedee Aucoin was the son of Severin L. Aucoin and Marie Aucoin, of Point Cross, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Born 1st March 1911. He served on H.M.C.S. Matane.[1]
Petty officer Amedee Aucoin was on shore leave in the City of Londonderry near the middle of June 1944. While riding a horse in the Creevagh area, he fell off, hit his head, and fractured his skull causing cerebral contusion.[2]
Prior to his death, on the 22nd of April 1944, Amedee Aucoin’s ship along with H.M.C.S. Swansea[3] sank U-Boat U311.[4] H.M.C.S. Matane then joined Escort Group 9 based out of Londonderry. It also just took part in the D-Day landings during June 1944 and had just returned.
Amedee Aucoin was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Clasp.
Date of Death: 15/06/1944 (Aged 33)
Service: Petty Officer Stoker, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.C.S. Matane.
Service Number: V/25073
Burial Location: Londonderry (or Derry), City Cemetery, R.C. Plot. Sec. M. Grave 11.
[1] HMCS Matane was launched on the 29th of May 1943. It was a river-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy.
[2] Cerebral contusion: bruising of the brain.
[3] HMCS Swansea was launched on the 19th of Dec 1942. It was a river-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy.
[4] U-Boat U311 was launched on the 20th of January 1943 and sank April 1944, 51 men lost their lives.
