Biography
He started at sea in the steam tug Haro as Engineer.
He served in the Calgarolite as a Junior Engineer.
He served in the S.D. Brooks as Marine Engineer.
He served in the Marmion as Marine Engineer. After his naval service he served in foreign going vessels, BC coastal tugs. (He was qualified as a Chief Marine Engineer.) At the time of his recruitment into the navy he was working in the Burrard Dry Dock shipyard. After his naval service he served as a Marine Engineer in the Western Canada Steamships.
He served in the Sicamous as an Engineer.
He served in the S.D. Brooks as Engineer.
He shifted over to the Canadian National Steamships fleet and was Engineer on the coastal steamer Prince George, the steam tugs Canadian National No. 1 and the Canadian National No. 2 and the railcar ferry Canora.
He served in vessels of the Canadian Government as a Marine Engineer.
He served as the Chief Engineer in the William J. Stewart. Afterwards he was the Chief Supervisor of the workshops at the Federal Government Ocean Sciences Centre in Patricia Bay BC.
He retired in 1980c to Victoria BC.
Military Service
He served as a Stoker Petty Officer RCNVR during the Second World War in the North Atlantic.
He served in HMCS Calgary in the Engineroom crew.
He served in HMCS Stratford in the Engineroom crew.
He served in HMCS Chilliwack in the Engineroom crew.
He served in HMCS Avalon. (He was demobilized.)
References
- John D.S. Henderson (Personal Communication to John MacFarlane 14/10/1999)
- Western Mariner (April 2010)
