Servicio militar
He was appointed as an Able Seaman RCNVR.
He served in HMCS Teme 1945. (He was killed on 29/03/1945 while serving in HMCS Teme (under caommand of T/Lt Dennis Pearce Harvey, RCNVR) when she was was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-315 off Lands End, and declared a Constructive Total Loss.)