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Fisher, Ralph Ervin If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Commander (RCN)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	19/08/1922	Death	29/12/2014
Place	Edmonton	Place	North Vancouver
Area	AB	Area	BC
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
After his naval service he studied Commerce (Urban Land Economics) at University of British Columbia. He was accredited as a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute of Canada 1975.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (E) (Temp.) RCNVR 1945. He served in HMCS Discovery. He served in HMCS St. Hyacinthe for Courses 1945. He served in HMCS Discovery 1946, (Transferred to RCN 1946). He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN 1946. He served in HMCS Stadacona for #1 RCN Technical Officer's Course 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior for Sea Training 1946. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (L) RCN 1946. He served with Canadian General Electric (Peterborough ON) for Industrial Production Training 1947. He served in HMCS Stadacona for HMC Electrical School for Ship's Electrical and Electronic Course 1947. He served in H.M.S. Ariel for Air Electrical (Avionics) Long Course 1947. He served in HMCS Magnificent as Air Electrical Officer 1948. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1945). He served in HMCS Magnificent for 19th Carrier Air Group for deployment to CJATC Rivers as Group Air Electrical Officer 1949. He served in HMCS Stadacona for HMC Electrical School as Senior Instructional Officer (Air) 1949. He served in HMCS Stadacona for RCN Air Station Dartmouth as Deputy Air Electrical Officer 1949. He served in HMCS Stadacona for RCNAS Dartmouth as Deputy Station Electrical Officer 1951. He served in HMCS Magnificent for 30th Carrier Air Group as Group Air Electrical Officer 1952. He served in HMCS Naden for HMC Dockyard Esquimalt as Electronics Officer 1953. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1953). He served in HMCS Naden for HMC Dockyard Esquimalt as Deputy Manager Electrical Engineering 1953. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Air Electrical Officer 1954. He served in HMCS Magnificent as Deputy Electrical Officer 1955. He served with the UN Emergency Force in Egypt service 1956. He served in NHQ as A/Deputy Electrical Engineer-in-Chief (Air) 1957 (He served on Exchange to USN). He served in the US Naval Air Research and Development Command as RCN Liaison Officer 1959. He served in the US Naval Air Development Center (Johnsville PA) as RCN Liaison Officer 1961. He served in NHQ on Staff of Director General Ships as Hydrofoil Project Officer 1962. He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1963). He served in HMCS Cape Scott as Senior Technical Officer 1965. He served in NDHQ as Director Ship Maintenance and Repair 1966. He served in CFHQ on Staff of Director General Intelligence as Head of Technical Intelligence 1968. He served in CFB Rockcliffe as A/Director Electronic and Communications Maintenance (Materiel Command) 1969. (He was retired 1972.) (He was qualified for air electrical engineering duties.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON;
Last update
2015-05-28 00:00:00

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