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Gibbons, Robert Allan

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Title Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
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Birth 22/07/1931 Death (nk)
Place Victoria Place (nk)
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Country Canada Country (nk)
 
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He was appointed as an Officer Cadet RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1949). He served in Royal Roads (RCNC) 1949. He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 01/08/1951). He served in H.M.S. Apollo for Training 1951. He served in H.M.S. Indomitable for Training 1952. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1953). He served in the Royal Naval College 1953. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1953). He served in the Royal Naval College for Aernautical Engineering Course 1955. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) (A/E) RCN (With seniority dated 27/03/1955). He served in HMCS Shearwater For Duty With VF-871 Squadron as Air Engineer Officer 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater for Air Engineering Division as Defect and Accident Investigator 1958. He served in HMCS Ottawa for Marine Engineering Refresher 1960. He served in HMCS Sussexvale as Engineer Officer and on Staff of 4th Canadian Escort Squadron as Squadron Engineer Officer 1961. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 27/03/1963). He served in RNAS Lee-on-Solent on Exchange With RN at Naval Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit 1962. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VS-880 Squadron as Air Engineer Officer 1964. He served in HMCS Shearwater for School of Aircraft Maintenance as Commanding Officer 1966. He served in MARCOM HQ as Staff Officer (Air Engineering) 1967. He served in NDHQ on Staff of Maritime Systems Engineeering Division 1968. He served in NDHQ on Staff of Engineering and Maintenance Division as Staff Officer 1970. (He resigned 01/08/1975.) (He was qualified for air engineering duties.)
 
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
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