Military Service
(Short Service Appointment 15/01/1954).
He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 15/01/1954).
He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Junior Aviation Officers Basic Training course 1954.
He served in HMCS Quebec for Sea Training 1954.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 25/01/1955).
He served in HMCS Niagara for Pilot Training With USN 1955.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 25/01/1956).
He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure for Duty With VF-870 Squadron as Pilot 1957.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN. (He crashed at sea in a Banshee jet from HMCS Bonaventure and was presumed dead 02/10/1957.)
Aircraft Flown
Service Aircraft Flown: F2H-3 Banshee
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
