Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 17/06/1942).
In 1943 he served in HMS Itchen. (He was released.) (He was qualified for anti-submarine duties.)
Anecdotes
HMS Itchen was sunk during an action with the German submarines in the North Atlantic. HMS Itchen had picked up 81 survivors from HMCS St. Croix and one from HMS Polyanthus. Only two men from HMS Itchen and one from HMCS St. Croix were rescued by the Polish steam merchant Wisla.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- www.veterans.gc.ca ↗
- uboat.net ↗
- www.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗
