Vaino Olavi Partanen CV (1928 - 1969)

Born 27 May 1928 in Antrea, Viipuri, Finland

Died 23 Oct 1969 at age 41 in English Channel, At Sea

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Biography

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Vaino Olavi Partanen was born on May 27, 1928 in Antrea, Viipuri, Finland.^[1]

Vaino died on October 23, 1969 in English Channel, At Sea, aged 41. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey.^{[1] [2]}

Military Service

Service Number: 8833H

Age: 41

Force: Navy

Unit: HMCS Kootenay

Citation(s): Cross of Valour, Date of Instrument: July 20, 1972 "CWO Vaino Olavi Partanen was Chief engine room artificer aboard HMCS Kootenay. He remained at his post to inform the bridge when an explosion and fire devastated the engine room. HMCS Kootenay, one of seven "Restigouche"-class destroyer-escorts in the Canadian navy was conducting full-power trials on October 23, 1969, in the western approaches to the English Channel with eight other Canadian ships. At 8:21 in the morning there was an explosion in the engine room. Intense heat, flame and smoke engulfed the engine room almost immediately and spread to adjacent passageways and to the boiler room. There were immediate orders to clear the engine room but CWO Partanen, in full knowledge that he was in mortal danger, remained behind in order to report the situation by telephone to the officer of watch on the bridge. He died moments after attempting to make his effort." United Nations Service Medal for Korea, Korea Medal, Centennial Medal (1967)

Enlistment: February 4, 1950 Montreal, Quebec

Son of Ivar Partanen of LaSalle, Quebec. Husband of Ethel Anne Partanen and father of Lesley A. Partanen of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 144 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43463448/vaino_olavi-partanen: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for CPO Vaino Olavi Partanen (27 May 1928–23 Oct 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #43463448, citing Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England; Maintained by Milou (contributor 46858724).
2. ↑ veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4512436

See also:

• https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-57927