Ajax Veterans Street Dedication: Monk Crescent
Description
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- Image
- Description
- Street Name: Monk Crescent
Name of Veteran: Arthur P. Monk
Rank: Engineer
Ship Served: HMS Ajax
Date of Service on Ship: 1939
Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a
Veteran or Family Visit: n/a
Veteran of the Battle of the River Plate: Yes
Died at Battle: No
Arthur P. Monk received the Distinguished Service Cross award for his actions during the Battle of the River Plate.
In the Daily Herald from February 23, 1940 Arthur is said to have “made all preparations for catapulting the aircraft”. This was the aircraft of Lieutenant Edgar D. G. Lewin who first spotted the Graf Spee and had to be catapulted out when the air-worthiness of his aircraft was in question. - Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8723988246287 Longitude: -79.025326899414
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Original document and image located in the Ajax Archives.
- Contact
- Ajax Public LibraryEmail:libraryinfo@ajaxlibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:55 Harwood Avenue S.
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 2H8
