Biographical data

Biographical Data
Gosh, Eugene Photo Credit: Unknown

Biographical Data

Gosh, Eugene

Photo Credit: Unknown

Title	Commander (RCN)
Official Number	O-28035

Birth	07/07/1923	Death	08/07/2015
Place	Toronto	Place	Victoria
Area	ON	Area	BC
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

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Biography
After his naval service he worked with the BC Government as Executive Director of Metric Conversion 1974-1985.

Military Service
He was appointed as a AC 2/c (Officer Candidate) RCAF 1942. He served in the University Air Training Corps 1942. (Transferred to RCNVR). He was appointed as a Stoker 2/c (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943. He served in HMCS Cataraqui for Queen's University 1943. (Transferred to RCN). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1946). He served in Sacona for Technical Officers Course 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior for Training 1946. He was appointed as a A/Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/12/1946). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1945). He served in RNEC Manadon for Marine Engineering Specialist Course 1947. He served in H.M.S. Glory and H.M.S. Theseus for Marine Engineering Watchkeeping Certificate 1948. He served in RN Engineering College for Air Engineering Specialist Course 1949. He served in RNAS Yeovilton for Air Weapons Armament Delivery and Maintenance Course 1950. He served in HMCS Shearwater for 19th CAG as Air Engineering Officer 1950. He served in HMCS Shearwater for 31 (SAG) as Group Air Engineering Officer 1951. He served in HMCS Ontario as Engineer Officer and Damage Control Officer 1952. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) (AE) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1953). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Officer-in-Charge Project Engineering Division 1954. He served in NHQ as Staff Officer Aircraft Maintenance 1957. He served in NHQ as Deputy Director Air Engineering 1958. He served in NHQ as Staff Officer (Engineering Personnel (Officers)) 1959. He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1962). He served in Second Destroyer Squadron as Squadron Technical Officer 1962. He served in HMCS Naden for Fleet School as OIC Apprenticeships and Engineering Training 1965. He served in HMCS Naden as Naval Overseer West Coast 1965. He served in NHQ as Director General Systems Management as Deputy Director Project Management 1967. He served in HMCS Niagara as Assistant Naval Attache and Senior Staff Officer Marine and Aeronautical Engineering 1969. He served in the US Naval Post Graduate School for Defence Management Systems International Course 1971. He served as Canadian Representative to US Metric Implementation Study 1972. He served in the US Navy Defence Computer Institute 1973. He served in CFB Esquimalt for Ship Repair Unit (West Coast) 1973. (He was retired 01/04/1974.)

Military Service

He was appointed as a AC 2/c (Officer Candidate) RCAF 1942. He served in the University Air Training Corps 1942. (Transferred to RCNVR). He was appointed as a Stoker 2/c (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943. He served in HMCS Cataraqui for Queen's University 1943. (Transferred to RCN). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1946). He served in Sacona for Technical Officers Course 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior for Training 1946. He was appointed as a A/Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/12/1946). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1945). He served in RNEC Manadon for Marine Engineering Specialist Course 1947. He served in H.M.S. Glory and H.M.S. Theseus for Marine Engineering Watchkeeping Certificate 1948. He served in RN Engineering College for Air Engineering Specialist Course 1949. He served in RNAS Yeovilton for Air Weapons Armament Delivery and Maintenance Course 1950. He served in HMCS Shearwater for 19th CAG as Air Engineering Officer 1950. He served in HMCS Shearwater for 31 (SAG) as Group Air Engineering Officer 1951. He served in HMCS Ontario as Engineer Officer and Damage Control Officer 1952. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) (AE) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1953). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Officer-in-Charge Project Engineering Division 1954. He served in NHQ as Staff Officer Aircraft Maintenance 1957. He served in NHQ as Deputy Director Air Engineering 1958. He served in NHQ as Staff Officer (Engineering Personnel (Officers)) 1959. He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1962). He served in Second Destroyer Squadron as Squadron Technical Officer 1962. He served in HMCS Naden for Fleet School as OIC Apprenticeships and Engineering Training 1965. He served in HMCS Naden as Naval Overseer West Coast 1965. He served in NHQ as Director General Systems Management as Deputy Director Project Management 1967. He served in HMCS Niagara as Assistant Naval Attache and Senior Staff Officer Marine and Aeronautical Engineering 1969. He served in the US Naval Post Graduate School for Defence Management Systems International Course 1971. He served as Canadian Representative to US Metric Implementation Study 1972. He served in the US Navy Defence Computer Institute 1973. He served in CFB Esquimalt for Ship Repair Unit (West Coast) 1973. (He was retired 01/04/1974.)

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Anecdotes
He wrote "And we had to do things to keep the ship running regardless. When I was in Dartmouth [Nova Scotia], we had one of our ships sunk by a submarine. And it turned out to be a so-called French one but actually, it was Vichy [belonging to the German-controlled French government]. And then when we sunk her, all our problems stopped. Which isn’t the thing to do, but we did it, because we felt it had to be done. We did a lot of things which we thought had to be done. That was my Dartmouth days when I was in the Air Arm, aircraft carriers, I was a Squadron Tech. Meaning Squadron Technical Officer. We looked after the aircraft and the landings were pretty hairy and we’d have to be up on the flight deck when the aircraft was landing and that’s how I lost my hearing. Day after day after day, that noise. And it just got to you. In the Royal Navy, they put the officers in 12 to a cabin, large cabin. And that’s where we stayed, cramped. I particularly remember looking up in the ceiling and to see a rat staring at me. You’re on for four hours and then you’re off for eight. And it keeps repeating and repeating and repeating. I like the morning watch. That’s 4:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the morning. You go up on the deck and watch the sun come up. The sunrises are beautiful. I loved it, which is a terrible thing to say but I was one of the silly asses I guess that enjoyed it. Mind you, you were frightened many times but it sort of came with the job. Sheer fright. At sea in the North Atlantic I would get seasick, which was a dreadful feeling but it passed and you just did it - because we all did."

Anecdotes

He wrote "And we had to do things to keep the ship running regardless. When I was in Dartmouth [Nova Scotia], we had one of our ships sunk by a submarine. And it turned out to be a so-called French one but actually, it was Vichy [belonging to the German-controlled French government]. And then when we sunk her, all our problems stopped. Which isn’t the thing to do, but we did it, because we felt it had to be done. We did a lot of things which we thought had to be done. That was my Dartmouth days when I was in the Air Arm, aircraft carriers, I was a Squadron Tech. Meaning Squadron Technical Officer. We looked after the aircraft and the landings were pretty hairy and we’d have to be up on the flight deck when the aircraft was landing and that’s how I lost my hearing. Day after day after day, that noise. And it just got to you. In the Royal Navy, they put the officers in 12 to a cabin, large cabin. And that’s where we stayed, cramped. I particularly remember looking up in the ceiling and to see a rat staring at me. You’re on for four hours and then you’re off for eight. And it keeps repeating and repeating and repeating. I like the morning watch. That’s 4:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the morning. You go up on the deck and watch the sun come up. The sunrises are beautiful. I loved it, which is a terrible thing to say but I was one of the silly asses I guess that enjoyed it. Mind you, you were frightened many times but it sort of came with the job. Sheer fright. At sea in the North Atlantic I would get seasick, which was a dreadful feeling but it passed and you just did it - because we all did."

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
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2015-06-13 00:00:00

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