Person Profile

Bennett, Kenneth

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Biography

(He was qualified as a Master Mariner).

He served in the Eastholm as Master.

He served in the Northolm as Master. (He was qualified as a BC Coast Pilot).

Military Service

He was appointed as a Chief Skipper (Temp.) RCNR.

He served in HMCS Givenchy (II) for HMCS Vencedor (In command) 1942.

He was appointed as Skipper Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 03/05/1943) (Later backdated to 1942).

He served in HMCS Macdonald (In command) 1943-44.

He served in HMCS Cougar (in command) 1944.

He served in HMCS Cranbrook (in command) 1945. (He was demobilized.)

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Rushton, Gerald A. (1974)

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