Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 07/03/1951).
He served in HMCS Cataraqui for UNTD 1950-1951.
He served in the Royal Military College of Canada 1950.
He was appointed as A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 02/01/1954).
He served in HMCS Niobe for General Education and Warfare Course Royal Naval College Greenwich 1954.
He was appointed as Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 02/01/1954).
He was appointed as Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 17/12/1955).
He was appointed as Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 17/12/1963).
He was appointed as Commander (MARS) (With seniority dated 01/07/1972).
He served in HMCS Ottawa (III) (In command) 1972-1973.
He served in HMCS Skeena (II) (In command) 1973-1975.
He served in HMCS Yukon (In command) 1978-1981.
He was appointed as Captain (MARS).
He served as Chief of Staff (Readiness) Maritime Pacific Command. (He was retired 1986.)
Anecdotes
Bill Clearihue reports that "He was one of a number of CanServCol Naval Cadets who were integrated into the UNTD/NavRes system for summer training/pay/admin purposes, during the first-half of the 1950's. There were over 200 of them that we know of, coming from all three Colleges, RMC, RR, CMR.
They were all attached to the Naval Reserve Divisions nearest their College. Some were issued U-numbers, such as Neil Boivin was, others weren't and that appears to have depended on their year of entry. Boivin entered RMC in the Fall of 1950 and was issued his U-number on March 27, 1951.
He had 2 UNTD summers: 1951 (East Coast), 1952 (West Coast)."
References
- Macpherson, Ken & Ron Barrie (2002)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD)
- www.legacy.com ↗
- Email (Steve Foldesi - Nauticapedia 08/06/2025)
