Biografie
He was the brother of Commodore Henry McCandless and John Gilmore McCandless. (He was qualified with a Home Trade Master’s Licence.) He was the co-owner, with Henry Esson Young, of MV Uchuck 1, MV Uchuck 2, and MV Uchuck 3, between 1946 and 1979.
Militärdienst
He enlisted as Able-Seaman RCNR (With seniority dated 01/11/1938). (CFR) He was appointed as a Skipper (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/10/1939).
He served in HMCS Sans Peur.
He was appointed as a Chief Skipper (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/06/1941).
He served in HMC M.L.-067 (In command) 1942.
He served in HMC M.L.-066 (In command) 1942.
He served in HMC M.L.-068 (In command) 1942.
He served in HMC M.L.-069 (In command) 1943.
He served in HMC M.L.-071 (In command) 1944.
He was appointed as a Skipper Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNR (With seniority dated 16/04/1943) (Later backdated to 1942).
He served in HMCS Lockeport.
In 1943 he served in HMCS Ingonish.
He served in HMCS Shediac.
He served in HMCS Runnymede.
He served in HMCS Avalon.
In 1944 he served in HMCS Burrard. (He was demobilized.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate 1942.)
Referenzen
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Research by his son, Robert G. McCandless
- Dave Young’s, The Uchuck Years (Harbour Publishing, 2012)
