Militärdienst
He was appointed as a Leading Seaman RCN. (He was missing, presumed killed 25/06/1940, when HMCS Fraser (under Commander Wallace B. Creery RCN) collided with HMS Calcutta. Forty-five crewmembers were killed and nineteen men from the Calcutta lost their lives. Many survivors from the Fraser were later lost on October 22, 1940, after being transferred to the destroyer HMCS Margaree which sank after a collision with the freighter Port Fairy.)