Biographical Data
Butterworth, John Wilfred Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (Royal Canadian Dragoons)
Official Number	U-12000

 

Birth	06/01/1925	Death	13/10/2010
Place	Ottawa	Place	Ottawa
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Military Service

He served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. He was at McGill on a Canadian Army Course (not COTC) in 1944 and was at Camp Borden in 1945 in a Cdn Armoured Corps course. (Transferred to RCN(R)) He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCN(R) 1946. In 1946 he served in HMCS Donnacona for UNTD. He served on the Signals Course in 1947. He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1948. (He was released.) (Transferred to Canadian Army) He served in the the Intelligence Corps until his retirement. (He was retired).

 

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References
White Twist Magazine Vol. I No. 1 (October 1947); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=john-w-butterworth&pid=146003033;
Last update
2014-12-26 00:00:00

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