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Evelyn, William HiltonPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Commander (NR) (CF) |
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Official Number | U-23648; O-22662 |
Birth | 13/09/1937 | Death | 02/12/2007 |
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Place | Port of Spain | Place | Calgary |
Area | Area | AB | |
Country | Trinidad | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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His family immigrated to Canada in 1942. He worked with General Motors of Canada 1963-90. He served with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary AB as Program Coordinator of Government Funded & Earned Revenue Programs. |
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He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (E) (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 02/01/1956). He served in HMCS Scotian for UNTD 1955-1956. (Transferred to RCN 13/01/1958). He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 07/1959). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN. He served in the RNEC Manadon for Aeronautical Engineering College. He served in HMCS Shearwater for Aeronautical Engineering duties. (Transferred to RCN(R) 1963). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R). He served in HMCS Chippawa. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R). He served in HMCS Tecumseh as Commanding Officer 1980-1983. He was appointed as a Commander RCN(R). He was the Canadian Representative to NATO International Confederation of Naval Reserve Officers 1984-87. (He was released.) (He was qualififed for Aeronautical Engineering duties.) |
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Named Features | The Navy League Cadet Corps Commander W.H. Evelyn in Calgary AB was named for him. |
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References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Starshell (NOAC Newsletter) Obituaries Spring 2008; http://www.cdrevelyn.com/1401.html; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); |
Last update |
2015-06-10 00:00:00 |