军事服役
He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.
He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR. (Mobilized for World War Two service 08/01/1940).
He served in HMCS Stone Frigate (First Course) for Training 1940.
In 1940 he commanded the Temeraire Sea Cadet Corps. (He survived the sinking of HMS Patroclus.) He was appointed as Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.
He served in MTBs in the Dover Channel.
He was trained as a Special Services 'Charioteer'. (He was killed in action on 03/01/1943 when HM Submarine P-31 was lost after hitting a mine in the Straits of Bonafacio while on Operation Principal, a chariot raid on Maddalena in northern Sardinia.) (He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in January 1942 for sinking a large enemy supply ship in the English Channel in November 1941.)
轶事
He was one of only two Canadian RCNVR officers who volunteered for two-man submarine duties in the Second World War.
参考文献
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Blatherwick, John (1992)
- www.naval-history.net ↗
