Biographie
His home was in Whiby ON at the time of his recruitment.
He attended the University of Toronto.
He attended the Curtiss Flying School in Toronto ON.
He was awarded Royal Aero Club Certificate 2010 on 17/10/1915.
Service militaire
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Ottawa, 3 November 1915; at Eastbourne, 3 November 1915; to Calshot, 3 February 1916; to Portland in December 1917 (patrols as acting flight commander); commanding Portland, September 1918; to No.241 squadron, 7 November 1918; to No.10 Group, 15 January 1919; to No.242 Squadron, 29 April 1919. Joined RAF postwar.
In 1920 he was posted to School of Naval Cooperation and Air Navigation; qualified as Specialist Navigator; attended RAF Staff College, Andover, 1925; promoted to Squadron Leader in July 1925; posted in January 1929 to Headquarters, Middle East Command, Cairo, for Air Staff duties. Injured in flying accident, Fairey IIIF of Communications Flight, Helipolis, 4 April 1931 at Ismailia. (He died in hospital on 8 April 1931.
Références
- Hiorth, D. (1995)
- Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd)
- Blatherwick, John (1992)
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
- airforce.ca ↗
