Biography
After his naval service he was employed with Canadair (Montreal) as Assistant to the President.
He later moved with his family to Toronto to pursue a career in finance management.
Military Service
He was appointed as an Officer Cadet RCN 1942.
He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 15/08/1943).
He served in british and Australian warships in the Pacific.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 15/04/1945).
In 1945 he werved in HMCS Crescent as Navigating Officer.
He served in HMCS Naden.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 15/04/1945).
He underwent flying training in 1946.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 15/01/1946). (He served on Loan to the USN from the RCN) in 1952.
He served in USS Oriskany (CVA-34) for Task Force 77 (Korean War Service) 1952-1953.
In 1953 he attended the Royal Naval Staff College course.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1954).
In 1954 he served in NDHQ the on Staff of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air). (He was released.)
Aircraft Flown
Grumman F9F-5 Panther;
Anecdotes
In 1964, he was selected to represent Canada sailing in the Tokyo Olympics in the Dragon class,with team mates Ed Botterell and Lynn Watters.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Blatherwick, John (1992)
- www.legacy.com ↗
