John C Lester

Service Record	From	To
Stirling Castle Int 4th Engineer	6/1957	10/1958
Riebeeck Castle Int 2nd Engineer	1/1959	6/1959
Tintagel Castle Int 2nd Engineer	7/1959	8/1959
Roslin Castle Int 2nd Engineer	1/1960	4/1960
Kenilworth Castle Jnr 2nd Engineer	5/1962	4/1963
Richmond Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	5/1963	1/1964
Roslin Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	7/1965	9/1965
Edinburgh Castle Int 2nd Engineer	9/1965	3/1966
SA Vaal Int 2nd Engineer	7/1966	1/1967
Capetown Castle 1st Engineer	4/1967	5/1967
Capetown Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	5/1967	9/1967
Reina Del Mar Snr 2nd Engineer	10/1967	11/1967
Windsor Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	12/1967	3/1968
Edinburgh Castle Ex 2nd Engineer	11/1969	8/1970
SA Vaal 2nd Engineer	7/1971	5/1972
SA Vaal 1st Engineer	6/1972	10/1972
SA Vaal 2nd Engineer	11/1972	1/1973
SA Vaal 1st Engineer	5/1973	6/1973
Died	12 June 2019

I have just heard in a letter from his children Catherine, David and Alan that he died on Wednesday 12th June 2019 having suffered a cardiac arrest subsequent to spinal surgery in April.

John's wife Barbara (nee Wheeler) was a Nursing Sister with U-C and pre-deceased him in 2000.

He had been a great supporter of our reunions and also joined us on a couple of our World Cruise adventures.

From Davy Dawson

Sailed with John many times....a good friend and ship mate.. RIP

From Chris Dadson

I sailed with both John and Barbara, two lovely people. RIP.

From Robin Brown

Very sad. May he rest in peace. Amen

Obituary - 2019

John’s 8-12 watch on SA Vaal in August 1966