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Ferguson, Gordon Rowe If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Lieutenant-Commander (RCN) |
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Official Number | O-23289 |
Birth | 13/04/1923 | Death | 16/08/1988 |
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Place | (nk) | Place | Vancouver |
Area | ON | Area | BC |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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After his naval service he was a Master with the BC Ferry Commission after retirement. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943. In 1943 he served in HMCS Carleton for UNTD. (CFR). He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 24/11/1947). He served in HMCS Carleton. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R). (Transferred to RCN), He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 17/04/1952). He served in HMCS Stadacona for HMC Gunnery School for 1st Gunnery Officer's Long Course 1957. He served in HMCS Cap de la Madeleine as Executive Officer 1962. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1964). He served in HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (In command) 1964. (He was retired 1968.) (He was qualified to command a frigate or destroyer.) |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); |
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