Military Service
He was appointed as an Officer Cadet RCN.
He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1947).
He served in H.M.S. Duke of York for Training 1947.
He served in H.M.S. Sussex for Training 1947.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1948).
He served in HMCS Niobe for Royal Naval College Greenwich for Sub-Lieutenants Courses 1948.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1948).
He served in HMCS Cayuga (Korean War Service) 1950.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN 16/02/1951).
He served in HMCS Crusader 1951.
He served in RCAF Centralia for Flying Training 1951.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1952).
He served in RNAS Lossiemouth for Operational Flying Training 1952.
He served in RNAS Eglinton for Operational Flying Training 1952.
He served in HMCS Shearwater for VF-870 Squadron (31st Support Air Group) 1953. (He died in a Sea Fury night-flying mid-air collision over Bedford Basin NS on 09/04/1953.)
Aircraft Flown
Service Aircraft Flown: Sea Fury
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
