Biography
After his naval service he became a Chiropodist and emigrated to Halifax NS.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Airman 2/c Surveyor's Assistant RNVR (With seniority dated 09/09/1942).
He served in RNAS Daedalus 1942.
He served in RNAS St. Vincent 1943.
He was appointed as a A/LA RNVR 1943.
He served in RCAF Goderich for #12 Elementary Flying Training School 1943.
He was appointed as an A/Petty Officer Airman RNVR 1944.
He served in RCAF Aylmer for #14 Elementary Flying Training School 1944. (Awarded Pilots Flying Badge 19/05/1944).
He served in H.M.S. Macaw 1944. (CFR).
He was appointed as a Midshipman (A) RNVR (With seniority dated 28/06/1944).
He served in #9 AFU (P) Errol 1944.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 01/10/1944).
He served in Yarmouth NS for #1 NAGS in 754 RN Squadron 1944.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) RNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1945).
He served in H.M.S. Wagtail for FRU 1945.
He served in RNAS Nabstock Australia for FRU in 706 RN Squadron 1945. (He was demobilized 01/02/1946.)
Aircraft Flown
Total Flying Hours: 364 hours. Service Aircraft Flown: Tiger moth, Harvard, Miles master, Anson, Martinet, Swordfish, Corsair) (He survived a Swordfish crash in heavily wooded area near Yarmouth NS.)
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
