Profil de la personne

Martin, Douglas Sutherland

1918–2012

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Service militaire

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 15/08/1940).

In 1940 he served in RCN Barracks Halifax Add'l For Disposal or Under Training.

In 1940 he served in HMCS Assiniboine.

He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 15/08/1942).

He served in HMCS Sudbury (In command) 1943.

In 1944 he served in RCN Barracks Halifax Add'l, For Disposal or Under Training.

He served in HMCS Mayflower (In command) 1944. (He was demobilized 05 Sep 1945.) He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R).

He served in HMCS Brunswicker.

He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 15/08/1949). (He was released.)

Anecdotes

Mention in Despatches, RCNR, HMCS Assiniboine - Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 12 December 1942 and London Gazette of 3 December 1942. "In the action between HMCS Assiniboine and an enemy U-Boat, this officer carried a badly wounded man from the bridge down to the Chart House through enemy bullets and through a fire which had broken out on the flag deck."

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