McCaffrey, Gordon Charles

After his naval service he started Silbo Sales and Steel-Flo Industries. His formal career came to a close as a marketing consultant with DuPont.

In 1948 he was one of 8 Sea Cadets awarded Navy League Scholarships to attend HMCS Royal Roads (Royal Canadian Naval College).

He completed his 2 years there and in 1951 transferred to McGill University in Montreal QC.

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 29/04/1950).

He served in HMCS Donnacona for UNTD 1951-1953.

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R).

He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/09/1954).

In 1954 he served in HMCS Tecumseh. (He was released late 1950s.)

Bill Clearihue reports that "In his 2nd summer at RR, which was 1950, was the first time that Royal Roads & UNTD trained together and he might well have received his U-number that summer, prior to joining the UNTD at DONNACONA in the Fall of '50. An interesting anomaly - a UNTD who already had his U-number before joining!" In the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, he served as an official for the jumping event.