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Daniel, Charles Gerald Herbert

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Title Captain (E) (A/E) (RCN)
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Birth 17/06/1914 Death 24/08/2009
Place (nk) Place Victoria
Area (nk) Area BC
Country UK Country Canada
 
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Biography
After his naval service he worked with Rolls-Royce Canada Ltd. in Aero-Turbine Division as Public Relations Officer Ottawa until 1977.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/03/1940). He served in HMCS Stadacona. He served in H.M.S. King Alfred for Training 1940. He served in H.M.S. Lynx for Special Service 1940. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (E) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/08/1940). He served in H.M.S. Tormentor for Duty at Landing Craft Outfitting and Maintenance Facility 01/08/1940. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 17/06/1941). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant-Commander (E) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/05/1942). He served in H.M.S. Saker (II) as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and as Naval Assistant to Combined Operations Liaison Officer Washington 1942. He served in H.M.S. Saker (II) for Duty With British Admiralty Engineer-in-Chief Washington for Engineering Duties With Combined Operations 1944, (Transferred to RCN). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCN (Appointed 01/12/1944) (With seniority dated 17/06/1941). He served in HMCS Uganda for Engine Room Training and Watch Keeping Duties 1944. He served in HMCS Naden 1945. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Duty at Royal Canadian Air Section Dartmouth 1946. He served in HMCS Stadacona 1946. He served in HMCS Niobe for Courses 1946. He served in H.M.S. Ketserel for Air Engineering Courses at RNAS Worthy Down 1946. He served in H.M.S. Drake for Air Engineering Course at Royal Naval Engineering College Devonport 1946. He served in H.M.S. Daedelus for Station Experience at RNAS Dale and Yeovilton and Arbroath and Fleetlands and Donbristle 1946. He served in H.M.S. Daedelus for RAF Farnborough 1946. He served in HMCS Niobe 1946. He served in HMCS Naden for Special Duty at RCAF Patricia Bay 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior 1946. He served in HMCS Naden for Duty with Manager Engineering Department at HMC Dockyard Esquimalt 1947. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) (A/E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/08/1947). He served in HMCS Naden for Officers' Divisional Course 1947. He served in HMCS Naden for Duty With Manager Engineering Department HMC Dockyard Esquimalt 1947. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) (A/E) RCN (With seniority dated 17/12/1947). He served in HMCS Stadacona for Duty at Naval Air Station Dartmouth as Officer-in-Charge of School of Naval Air Maintenance 1948. He served in HMCS Shearwater as Officer-in-Charge School of Naval Air maintenance 1948. He served in HMCS Bytown for Air Engineering and Armament Courses in UK 1949. He served in HMCS Shearwater as Station Air Engineer Officer 1950. He was appointed as a Commander (E) (A/E) RCN (With seniority dated 31/12/1951). He served in HMCS Bytown on Staff of Chief of Naval Technical Services as Assistant Chief of Naval Technical Services (Air) and on Staff of Engineer-in-Chief as Director of Air Engineering 1953, A/Captain (E) RCN. He was appointed as a Captain (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1958). He served in HMCS Stadacona on Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as Command Technical Officer 1959. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Business management Course at Banff School of Advanced Management Baff AB 1963. He served in HMCS Stadacona on Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as Assistant Chief of Staff (Operational Readiness) 1963). He served in NHQ on Staff of Chief of Logistics Engineering and Development as Director of Programme Control 1964. He served in CFHQ on Staff of Director General Programme as Director Project Formulation and Management 1965. He served in CFHQ on Staff of Director General Programmes as Director Programme Planning and Control 1966. He served in Materiel Command as Senior Staff Officer (Maintenance and Support Services) 1967. He served in CFHQ as Director Maritime Maintenance 1968. (He retired on 01/09/1969.)
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Licences Held: USA Pilot Licence #267,257
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Starshell (NOAC Newsletter) Autumn 2009;
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2011-02-06 00:00:00

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