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McNeill, William Robert

Also Known As: Billy

McNeill, William Robert

Biography

In 1933 he started in the tug Lorne. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner (Passenger Coastal) #4467).

He was appointed as a British Columbia Marine Pilot. (He was retired in 1975.)

References

  • Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966)
  • Wilson, Hill (2005)
  • H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977

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