Service militaire
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCNR.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCNR (With seniority dated 26/12/1933).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCNR, (Mobilized for World War Two service) 1939.
He served in HMCS Racoon 1942. (He was killed 07/09/1942 in the loss of HMCS Racoon. During the night of 6/7 Sep, 1942, the German submarine U-165 attacked convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence River sinking the a freighter. HMCS Raccoon (LCdr J.N. Smith, RCNR) was reported missing after she left the convoy at midnight to engage the U-boat. Only debris and one body was found some days later.)
Références
- McKee, Fraser & Robert Darlington (1998)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- www.naval-history.net ↗
