Military Service
(Short Service Appointment 30/03/1955).
He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 30/03/1955).
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 04/04/1956).
He served in HMCS Niagara for Pilot Training With USN 1955.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 04/04/1956).
He served in HMCS Niagara for Pilot Training With USN 1956.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 19/09/1958). (Selected for permanent commission).
He served in HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron 1959.
He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron for Flight Evaluation 1964. (He was released.)
Aircraft Flown
He made the 6,000th arrested landing on Bonaventure.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
