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Robert Keeping
Remembering World War II
Robert Keeping Able Seaman Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Margaree Service Number: A/1178 Born: April 9, 1900 (At sea on a British ship of British Parents) Son of Henry Keeping (d. 1922) and Lavinia Keeping (d. 1933) Burnt Island, Newfoundland Resident of Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co. , Nova Scotia. Enlisted: December 27, 1939 (Halifax, NS) Date of Death: October 22, 1940 Lost at Sea in the collision of HMCS Margaree Age: 40 Memorial: Halifax Memorial Panel Reference: Panel 6