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Bowerman, William John If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Wireless Telegraph Operator (1st Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	OFF VR-0178; VR-0308

 

Birth	01/03/1886	Death	(nk)
Place	Old Basing	Place	(nk)
Area		Area	(nk)
Country	UK	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
He was a Telegraphist at the time of his recruitment into the navy. In 1923 he was a W/T Operator at Point Grey BC.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Ist Class Wireless Telegraph Operator RNCVR (With seniority dated 01/03/1916). In 1917-1918 he served in HMCS Rainbow for Wireless Telegraph Duty (West Coast) at Digby Island Radio Station. (He was demobilized.)

 

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References
Government of Canada Canadian Navy List 1918; Frank Statham in his Rough Radio website http://www.roughradio.ca/staff/a_b_staff.html; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=366&; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=10397&;
Last update
2015-11-11 00:00:00

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