Biography
He went to sea in 1916.
He joined the Dollar Line and then in the Canadian Dollar Line.
He joined the Capilano Timber Co.
In 1930 he became Mate of the Washington on the Vancouver to North Vancouver ferry run. (He was Qualified as a Master Mariner) In 1946 he was appointed as Regional Diretor of the Mercant Seaman Manning Pool in Vancouver BC.
Military Service
(He had First World War service) He was appointed as a Midshipman RNR 1919.
He served in H.M.S. Ceres for Sea Training in the Mediterranean 1919. (Transferred to the RCNR). (He was mobilized for Second World War service).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCNR (With seniority dated 27/05/1943). (He was demobilized in 1946.) He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 03/02/1949). (He was released.)
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Barr, James (1969) Ferry Across the Harbor Vancouver: Mitchell Press
- The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London)
