Militärdienst
He was appointed as a Chief Petty Officer RCNVR.
He served in HMCS Beaver. (He was released.) (He was awarded the British Empire Medal 1945.) (“This Chief Petty Officer has served a considerable period at sea during which time he has proved himself a most conscientious, efficient and resourceful worker. In the early hours of the morning on 8 February, 1945, a fire occurred in the Petty Officer's Mess of HMCS Beaver. This rating, in complete disregard for his own personal safety, and in spite of dense smoke and flames, extinguished the fire and materially saved the ship from possible serious disaster.”)
