Service militaire
He served in the Westminster Regiment (Militia) and commissioned in 1938.
He was mobilized for Second World War service in 1939 as Battalion Intelligence Officer.
He sailed to the UK in 1941 and his Regiment joined the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. Captain. Major.
He won the Victoria Cross in a bridgehead battle on the Melfa River, Italy on May 23-24, 1944.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel.
He remained in the army after the war and served as Director of Public Relations in Ottawa and Canadian Army Liaison Officer in Washington DC USA.
Références
Davies, David T. (1996)