Biography
He attended UBC.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (E) RCN (With seniority dated 18/09/1950).
He served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD (UBC) 1950.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1954).
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (L) (With seniority dated 01/06/1954).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/03/1956).
He served in HMCS Athabaskan 1957.
He served in HMCS Kootenay 1962. (He was released October 12, 1962 and court-martialled and imprisoned for one year for desertion in December 1962.)
Anecdotes
He famously deserted from HMCS Kootenay in 1962, for a 6 month tour of Europe.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD)
- news.google.com ↗
