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Thompson, Peter Andrew Ruttan

Thompson, Peter Andrew Ruttan

Military Service

He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.

He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 18/03/1942) (Later backdated to 1941).

He served in HM MGB-91 (In command) 1942.

He served in HM HMG-83 (In command) 1942. (In 1944 he was a Prisoner of War.) (He was demobilized.) He was Mentioned in Despatches 26/07/1940 for "good service in preventing war material from falling into hands of the enemy."

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Canadian Geographical Journal Vol. XXIII No.5 November 1941

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