Biographie
After his naval service he secured personnel work with U.S. Standard Oil subsidiaries in Peru and Columbia, first taking a crash course in Spanish in New York City.
He worked in South America until he was hired as the Industrial Relations Supervisor with Studebaker Canada.
He was among those that were involved in the signing of the first collective agreement with the UAW (CAW) Local 525 in February, 1952. At the time the plant closed in 1966, he was Director of Industrial Relations.
He worked in Cambridge, Ontario at the Franklin Manufacturing Company.
He finished his long career in industrial and personnel relations in 1971 with Allen Industries in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Service militaire
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 14/06/1943) (Later backdated to 1942).
He served in HMCS Captor 1944.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR.
He was the OIC Shore Patrol Saint John NB. (He was demobilized.)
Anecdotes
In the 1920s and 1930s he mined for gold in the B.C. interior and crewed on a sailboat being delivered, in 1935, from Vancouver to San Diego. The boat, named Mavourneen, had been built by Boeing Aircraft Canada for the well-known Hollywood Director, John Farrow.
Références
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Personal Communication E-mail 04/04/2011 (Ray Stacey-John MacFarlane)
- www.ontariosdc.ca ↗ (website viewed 24/12/2019)
