軍歴
He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RCNVR.
He served in HMCS Racoon 1942. (He was killed 07/09/1942 in the loss of HMCS Racoon. During the night of 6/7 Sep, 1942, the German submarine U-165 attacked convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence River sinking the a freighter. HMCS Raccoon (LCdr J.N. Smith, RCNR) was reported missing after she left the convoy at midnight to engage the U-boat. Only debris and one body was found some days later.)
