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Cooke, Douglas William Sherborne If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	26/02/1926	Death	17/07/2010
Place	Windsor	Place	Toronto
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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He was appointed as a Air Apprentice (Ordnance) RN (With seniority dated 02/09/1941). He served in H.M.S. Daedalus 1941. He served in H.M.S. Raleigh for Apprentice Training 1941. He served in H.M.S. Caledonia for Transfer to Electrical Apprentice MTE Rosyth 1941. He served in H.M.S. Daedalus II for Air Apprentice Training School 1942. He was appointed as an Air Fitter (L) RN (With seniority dated 01/07/1944). He served in H.M.S. Merlin for RN Repair Yard 1944. He was appointed as a Leading Air Fitter (L) RN (With seniority dated 01/04/1945). He served in H.M.S. Kestrel 1945. He served in H.M.S. Perseus (Aircraft Repair Ship on Commissioning) in Electrical and Instrument Workshops 1945. He was appointed as a A/Air Artificer 4/c (L) RN (With seniority dated 01/04/1946). He served in RNAS Ford for 778 RN Squadron Special Trials Unit 1946. He served in HMCS Magnificent (He served on loan to RCN) in Instrument Repair Shop 1948, (Transferred to RCN 01/08/1948). He was appointed as a AB RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1948). He was appointed as a Petty Officer First Class RCN (With seniority dated 02/09/1948). He served in HMCS Shearwater for #3 Hangar Storage in-charge Electrical Section 1949. He was appointed as a C2EA4 RCN (With seniority dated 05/06/1949). He served in HMCS Stadacona for Electrical School 1950. He was appointed as a C1EA4 RCN (With seniority dated 05/06/1952). (CFR). A/Commissioned Electrical Officer RCN (With seniority dated 07/07/1953). He served in HMCS Magnificent as Low Power Officer 1953. He served in HMCS Magnificent as Acting Air Electrical Officer 1954. He was appointed as a Commissioned Electrical Officer RCN (With seniority dated 17/07/1953). He served in NHQ on Staff of Assistant Electrical Engineer-in-Chief (Air) 1954. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) (Star) RCN (With seniority dated 01/04/1957). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VT-40 Squadron as Air Electrical Officer 1957. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Electrical school Course 1958. He served in HMCS Sioux as Electrical Officer 1959. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) RCN 1959. He served in NHQ for Avionics Maintenance 1961. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 24/05/1963). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VS-880 Squadron as Air Electrical Officer. He served in Materiel Command HQ for Air Electrical Maintenance 1966. He served in the USN Air Development Center Johnsville PA as Canadian Forces Liaison Officer 1969. He served in CFHQ on Staff of Director Maritime Maintenance 1972. (He was retired 02/09/1974.) (He was qualified for air electrical engineering duties.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Starshell (Newsletter of the Naval Officers Association of Canada) Autumn 2010;
Last update
2011-02-02 00:00:00

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