Turner, Maurice Aikins

After his naval service he joined Transport Canada for the Canadian Coast Guard at HQ in Ottawa as Chief of Policy and Coordination in 1974.

He was with the Coast Guard Western Regional Office of Canadian Coast Guard as Superintendent Vessel Traffic Management in 1977. (He retired again 1988.) Afterwards he was employed as a marine safety consultant 1989-1992.

He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RCNVR (With seniority dated 24/06/1943).

He was appointed as an A/Leading Seaman RCNVR. (CFR).

He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 1944).

In 1944 he served in HMCS Unicorn.

In 1944 he served in HMCS Kings (Officer Training Establishment).

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 15/09/1944).

In 1945 he served in HMCS Guelph.

He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 15/03/1945).

In 1945 he served in HMCS Prevost. (Transferred to RCN 1946), He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 15/03/1946).

He served in HMCS Stadacona for Long Communications Course 1947.

He served in HMCS Ontario 1948, (US Navy on Exchange), USS Laconic for Staff of CINCLANTFLT 1949.

He served in USS Coral Sea for Staff of CINCLANTFLT 1949.

He served in USS Midway for Staff of CINCLANTFLT 1949.

He served in USS Cone for Staff of CINCLANTFLT 1950.

He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 15/03/1954).

He served in HMCS New Liskeard (In command) 1954.

He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Communications School as Officer-in-Charge 1956.

He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1962).

He served in Canadian Forces Senior Management Course.

He served in HMCS Saskatchewan (II) (In command) 1964.

He served in SACLANT HQ (Norfolk VA USA) as Communications Planning Officer 1967.

He served in NDHQ as Director Communications (Frequency). (He was retired 1974.) (He was qualified as a Signals Officer and with a Watchkeeping Certificate.)

At night in March 1945 in heavy seas off Iceland, he jumped overboard to rescue Guelph's After Lookout Able Seaman Robert Stewart RCNVR. In his active retirement Migs was president and past president of the Naval Officers Association on Vancouver Island, founding president of the Retired Coast Guard Officers Association, founder of the Aloha 34 (sailboat) Owners' International Network;