Biografie
In the Spring of 1919 he was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company checking cargo in St. John's Newfoundland. In June 1919 he headed north on the RMS Nascopie.
In 1919-1920 he serevd as the HBC Clerk at Lake Harbour NT.
In 1920-1923 he served as the HBC Post Manager at Frobisher Bay NT.
In 1923-1924 he worked in St. John's Newfoundland.
In 1924-1925 he serevd as the HBC Post Manager at Amadjuac.
In 1926-1927 he served as the Post Manager at Arctic Bay (Tukik).
In 1927-1928 he served on furlough at St. John's Newfoundland.
In 1928-1930 he served in the HBC Schooner Fort James in the Gjoa Harbour to St. John's run.
He returned to Corner Brook and opened up a plumbing business with his brother Allan. The business was not profitable enough for partners so he joined the International Paper and Pulp Co. As a Storekeeper.
He moved to Deer Lake and became an accountant and then paymaster. When Bowater took over the company he became Town Manager.
He introduced the first Town Council.
He then became Assistant Secretary of the Bowater Company which position he held until reirement in 1966.
Militärdienst
During the Second World War he served in the Newfoundland Home Guard in Corner Brook and Deer Lake Newfoundland. (He was demobilized.)
