| He was appointed as an Officer Cadet (Canadian Marine Service) 1908. He served in CGS Canada for Sea Training 1908. He transferred to the Canadian Naval Force in 1910. He was appointed as an Officer Cadet (Canadian Naval Force) (Appointed 16/12/1910) (With seniority dated 21/10/1910). He was appointed as a Midshipman (Canadian Naval Force) (With seniority dated 21/10/1910). He served in HMCS Niobe for Training 1910. He served in H.M.S. Dreadnought for Training 1911. (He received a medical discharge from RCN 03/12/1912). (He transferred to the RN as a Midshipman RN (Appointed 20/08/1914) (With seniority dated 15/05/1913). He served in H.M.S. King George V for Sea Training 1914. (He transferred to RNAS 1915. "Barron was one of 20 acting Sub-Lieutenant, RN, who were lent from the RN to the RNAS for special service in March 1915. He was the only Canadian officer amongst this group"). He assisted in the organization of the RCNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS (With seniority dated 15/05/1915) (He was the first Canadian to qualify for the RNAS). (He was selected for Airship Training 1915). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 15/01/1916). He served in the Kingsnorth Airship Station 17/03/1915. He served in the Barrow-in-Furness Airship Station 26/05/1915. He served in the Anglesay Airship Station (#5 Wing) 1915. He served in the Kingsnorth Airship Station 24/05/1916. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps (With seniority dated 01/10/1916) (For Special Service, borne in HMS Queen). He was appointed as a Sub/Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 15/06/1916 and as an A/Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 15/05/1917). He served in Mullion Airship Station 09/1916. He served in RNAS Howden 12/01/1917. He served in RNAS Pembroke 20/03/1917. He served in RNAS Wormword Scrubs (Italian Ships) 02/05/1917. He served as Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Group at Taranto Italy # 6 (Naval) Wing 18/06/1917. He served in HMS Pembroke 20/03/1917. He was appointed as a Flight Commander (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 31/12/1917). He travelled to the United States 08/02/1918. He travelled to Ottawa ON for duty with RCN 07/11/1918. He served in East Fortune Airship Station 1918. He was appointed as a Temporary Captain (Dirigibles) RAF (With seniority dated 01/04/1918). (Transferred to RAF 01/08/1919). He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (RAF) (With seniority dated 01/08/1919). He served in Germany (Inter-Allied Aeronautical Control) 11/08/1919. He served on Special Duty (with the Air Board, Canada) 1920. He served in the Armament and Gunnery School 01/06/1922. He served in #2 AAD. He served in the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnsborough for Training 1923. (He was retired RAF 21/10/1925 as a Flight Lieutenant RAF (Retired)). (He was mobilized for Second World War Service - he may have been a civillian instructor.) He served in RCAF Mount Hope for #10 EFTS as Chief Ground Instructor 1940. He served in RCAF Rivers (MB) for Air Navigation Course 1942. |
