Biographie
After his naval service he was the Executive Director of the Victoria Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society.
Service militaire
He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 21/11/1941).
He served in HMCS Kings (Officer Training Establishment) 1942.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 10/11/1941).
He served in HMCS Kelowna.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 11/1942).
He served in HMC LCI (L)-262 (In command) in the 262nd Canadian LCI Flotilla for Operation Neptune 1944. (Transferred to RCN(R)).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R) 1949.
He served in HMCS Malahat 1949.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 10/11/1950). (Transferred to RCN 1951).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN (SSA) 1951.
He served in HMCS Bytown 1951.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 18/04/1954).
He served in HMCS Fortune (In command) 1955.
He served in HMCS Stettler as Sea Training Officer 1955.
He served in HMCS Cornwallis as Officer-in-Charge Divisional Officer's and Leadership School 1959.
He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/1960).
He served in HMCS Columbia (II) (In command) 1964.
He was appointed as a Captain RCN (With seniority dated 02/08/1966).
He served in HMCS Protecteur (In command) 1969. (He retired in 1976.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate).
Anecdotes
He was awarded the Chief of the Naval Staff Commendation for his part in rescuing 35 survivors from the sinking tanker Amphialos while serving in HMCS Athabaskan.
Références
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Macpherson, Ken & Ron Barrie (2002)
- Starshell (NOAC Newsletter) Obituaries Winter 2008/2009
- The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London)
- Crowsnest (1965)
