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Dewar, Daniel Bevis

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Title Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number U-20500; O-19415
 
Birth 00/00/1931 Death 28/06/2016
Place (nk) Place Kenora
Area (nk) Area ON
Country (nk) Country Canada
 
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Biography
In 1973-1979 he was appointed as Assistant Deputy Minister - Health and Welfare Canada. In 1979-1982 he served as Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council - Canada. In 1982-1989 he was appointed as Deputy Minister - National Defence - Canada.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/02/1950). He served in HMCS Cataraqui for UNTD 1949-1952. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1952). In 1952 he served in HMCS Cataraqui. (He was released.)
 
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Anecdotes
Bill Clearihue reports that "In the summer of 1990, back in the PCO, he found himself by default, the senior-most Governmentt official in town when the Oka Crisis broke out. It was he who put together the management team that ultimately stabilized the situation. Because of his experience in the Privy Council, he was named as an Advisor to the Gomery Royal Commission (2004 - 06) looking into the Federal Gov’t Quebec Sponsorship Scandal."
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=daniel-bevis-dewar&pid=180505165&fhid=5749;
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2016-06-30 00:00:00

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