Earl was older than his brothers.

Name: Earl Thompson Cushing Place At Sea Reg. Number: 1944-09-701588 Date: 1944 4 8 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 36 Event: Death Microfilm #: B14424 (GSU # 2231494)

In memory of
EARL THOMPSON CUSHING
Lieutenant
who died on April 8, 1944.
Service Number: N/A
Age: 36
Force: Army
Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corps
Unit: N/A
Citation: N/A
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur T. and Annie N. Cushing, of Vancouver, British Columbia; husband of Catherine H. Cushing, of Vancouver.

Cemetery:
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Grave Reference: Panel 16.
Location: The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital , erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives.
This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs.

The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea.

The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:


1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

DEATH REGISTRATION #701588?
Place of Death: At Sea
Street:
Length of Stay - In Municipality
- In Province
- In Canada
Name: CUSHING, EARL THOMPSON
Residence: West Vancouver, British Columbia
2489 Haywood Ave.
Sex: Male
Citizenship: Canadian
Racial: English
Status: Single
Birthplace: Alberta
Date of Birth: May 16th, 1907
Age: 36 years
Occupation: Assistant Civil Engineer
Last Worked:
Years Spent:
Name of Spouse:
Name of Father: CUSHING, Arthur Thompson
Birthplace:
Name of Mother:
Birthplace:
Informant: Ottawa, Ontario 18 January, 1945
??, Director of Records, Dept. Of National Defence
Burial: At Sea
Undertaker:
DOD: 08 April 1944
Last Saw:
Cause of Death: Hodgkins disease
Surgery:
Physician: Overseas Casualty Canadian Army

Sources:
1. Province of British Columbia, BC Archives, 2002, ORS 9300-40, http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca
2. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial, http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/De tail&casualty=2557907
3. Joanne Allen, sanallen@telusplanet.net