Biography
Before his naval service he served with the Jardine Matheson Line as Chief Officer on the steamer Kia Wo, a China coaster, on the upper Yangtze River. After his naval service he was a Mate in the tug Florence Filberg (Canadian Tugboat Co.).
He was Mate on the tug Florence Filberg after the war when she was assigned the task of towing the scrapped K-324 to the breakwater.
He commanded the tugs Ocean Crown, Florence Filberg, Isabella Stewart at various times in his career.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 21/09/1940).
He served in HMCS Burrard.
He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR.
He served in HMCS Dundas (In command) 1942.
He served in HMS Bickerton.
He served in HMS Mull.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/07/1943).
He served in HMCS Prince Rupert (In command) 1943.
He served in HMCS Prince Rupert (In command) 1944. (He was demobilized 21/09/1945.)
Anecdotes
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ""For courage, resolution and skill in His Majesty's Ships Bickerton and Mull and HMCS Prince Rupert in anti-U-Boat operations." per Canada Gazette of 20 January 1945 and London Gazette of 12 September 1944.
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Blatherwick, John (1992)
- Western Mariner (April 2010)
- John Blatherwick www.rcnvr.com ↗
- Email communication (Greer Draney - Nauticapedia 19/09/2016)
