Biografía
He was living in Winnipeg MB at the time of his recruitment into the navy.
Servicio militar
He was appointed as a Petty Officer Stoker RCNVR.
He served in HMCS Athabaskan 1944. (He was killed in action when HMCS Athabaskan was torpedoed and sunk by the German Destroyer Escort T.24 29/04/1944 in the English Channel.)