Biografie
He served his apprenticeship in marine engineering with the famous builders of destroyers, Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, and later went to sea in ships of the Furness, Withy Iine. Among them was the Monarch of Bermuda, in which he was Second Engineer. At the outbreak of war, he was living in Bermuda, where he held an engineering post with the Bermuda Electric Light, Power and Traction Company.
He survived a wartime torpedoing while riding as a passenger in a merchant vessel.
Militärdienst
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCNR.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/07/1942).
He served in NHQ.
He served in HMCS Naden.
He was appointed as an A/Commander (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/07/1942). (Transferred to RCN).
He was appointed as a Commander (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1946).
He served in HMC Dockyard Halifax as Manager Engineering Department 1947. (He died 23/02/1952.)
Referenzen
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
