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Cossette, Marie Joseph Romeo OscarPhoto Credit: Naval Museum of Halifax |
Title | Rear-Admiral (S) (RCN) |
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Official Number | 0214 |
Birth | 03/09/1890 | Death | 21/07/1961 |
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Place | Valleyfield | Place | Ottawa |
Area | PQ | Area | ON |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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His father served as a Zouave in the service of the Pope in Italy during the struggle for the unification of Italy. He was a newspaper reporter at the time of his recruitment into the navy. He was the father of Captain (S) Peter Cossette RCN. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RCN 1911. (CFR). He was appointed as an A/Warrant Writer (Temp.) RCN (With seniority dated 01/04/1917). He served in Warrant Writer (Temp.) RCN (With seniority dated 01/04/1917). He was appointed as a Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1919). He served in H.M.S. Dauntless 1920. He served in HMCS Aurora 1920. He was appointed as a Paymaster Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1921). He served in HMCS Naden 1922. He was appointed as a A/Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 19/04/1927). He served in HMCS Stadacona 1927. He was appointed as a Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1929). He was appointed as a Paymaster Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1934). He served in HMCS Bytown for Special Duties as Naval Secretary and as Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1934. He was appointed as a Paymaster Captain RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1939). He served in NHQ as Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet. (He was retired 27/11/1945). He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral (S) RCN (on the Retired List With seniority dated 28/11/1945) (He was promoted to Rear-Admiral from the Captains (S) List). (He was qualified as an interpreter of French.) |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John M. (1994); Email (Paul Cossette - Nauticapedia 20/10/2015); http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1212&; |
Last update |
2015-10-22 00:00:00 |