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Bird, Donald Johnson If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant (E) (A/E) (RCNVR)
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Birth	07/07/1920	Death	14/09/2010
Place	(nk)	Place	Halifax
Area	NS	Area	NS
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
After his naval service he worked in Civil Engineering and Town Planning.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as an AID Inspector. He was appointed as a Naval Airman 2/c RNVR 1942. He served in RNAS Arbroath for Air Engineer Training Course 1942. (CFR). He was appointed as A/Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 23/03/1942). He served in HMS Seaborn for NAGS School Yarmouth. (Transferred to RCNVR 1944). He was appointed as Lieutenant (E) (A/E) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1944). He served in NSHQ for Air Staff 1944. He served in HMCS Warrior 1945. (He was demobilized 1946). (He may have been the first Canadian to become a Naval Air Engineer Officer.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-03-10 00:00:00

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