About the Role of Canadians in Combined Operations
Introduction:
Joe McKenna volunteered for the RCNVR at Charlottetown Division, PEI, in the spring of 1941. His first action, after training aboard landing crafts in southern England (at HMS Northney III on Hayling Island) and north-west Scotland (at HMS Quebec, just south of Inveraray on Loch Fyne) was during the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942. It would be Joe McKenna's last action as well.
With the help of Joe's military records, and a Canadian sailor's written account of his experience at Dieppe, and my father's memoirs, I have assembled a five-part series (including two videos re his gravesite in Newhaven; see Parts 4A and 4B) in memory of Joe McKenna, of RCNVR and Combined Operations.
Dieppe: In Memory of Joseph McKenna, RCNVR (2)
Dieppe: In Memory of Joseph McKenna, RCNVR (3)
Dieppe: In Memory of Joseph McKenna, RCNVR (4B)
For more about the raid, please link to Video: Rare Footage re the Dieppe Raid.
Unattributed Photos GH
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