Biographical Data
Gray, Donald Melville Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Title	Major-General (Military Engineering)
Official Number	U-29633; O-28932

 

Birth	24/08/1932	Death	(nk)
Place	Kingston	Place	(nk)
Area	ON	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Qualifications	pcsc;

 

Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RCNR (With seniority dated 12/09/1952). He served in Royal Roads Military College 1952. He served in Royal Military College 1954. He served in HMCS Beacon Hill for training 1953. He served in HMCS New Glasgow for training 1954. He served in USN Little Creek VA for Amphibious Operations training 1955. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCNR (With seniority dated 01/09/1955). He served in Queen's University for B.Sc 1956. (Transferred to RCN.) He was appointed as a A/Sub-Lieutenant (Civil Engineering) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1956). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (CE) RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1957). He served in NSHQ Civil Engineer-in-Chief as Project Engineer 1957. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (CE) RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1957). He served in NSHQ Civil Engineer-in-Chief as Project Officer (Construction Requirements) and CE Engineer Officer for Supplementary Radio Stations at HMCS Gloucester 1957. He served in HMCS Hochelga for CANCOMLAURENT Montreal as Area Engineer (additional on staff of NOIC Montreal) 1959. He served in HMCS Niagara for Exchange duties with USN Public Works Center (PWC) Norfolk VA as Assistant Operations Officer 1961. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (CE) RCN (seniority 01/04/1964). He served in HMCS Niagara for Exchange duties with USN PWC Norfolk as Senior Project Officer 1964. He served in HMC Dockyard Halifax as Base Development Officer (Atlantic Coast) (04/08/1964). He served in Royal Military College of Canada as Civil Engineering lecturer and for post-graduate studies 1964. He served in CFB Winnipeg 1 Construction Engineering Unit (1CEU) as Chief Engineer 1968. He served in CFB Chilliwack for Army Field Officers Tactics Course 1968. He served in CFB Chilliwack for Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering for pre-command training 1969. He served as Commanding Officer 3 Field Squadron RCE (Combat Engineer Unit of 1 Brigade Calgary) 1970. He served in Canadian Forces Command and Staff College Toronto 1971. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Colonel (With seniority dated 01/10/1971). He served as Commanding Officer 1 Construction Engineering Unit (1CEU) Winnipeg 1972. He served in Canadian Forces Training System Command Winnipeg as SSO Works 1974. Air Command HQ Winnipeg as SSO Works 1975. He was appointed as a Colonel (With seniority dated 01/06/1976). He served in CFB Trenton for Canadian Forces Training System Command as Deputy Chief of Staff (Technical Services) 1976. He served as Base Commander CFB Chilliwack 1980. He was appointed as a Brigadier-General (With seniority dated 14/ 07/1980). He served in NDHQ ADM (Materiel) as Director-General Quartering 1980. He was appointed as a Major-General (With seniority dated 06/09/1985). He served in NDHQ as Chief of Construction and Property 1985. (He was retired 11/09/1987.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Canada's Admirals and Commodores (3rd ed.) (2016);
Last update
2011-02-15 00:00:00

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