Biographical Data
Grenon, Oliver Joseph If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant (L) (RCN)
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Birth	00/00/1930	Death	(nk)
Place	Radville	Place	(nk)
Area	SK	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
He attended UBC.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (E) RCN (With seniority dated 18/09/1950). He served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD (UBC) 1950. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1954). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (L) (With seniority dated 01/06/1954). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/03/1956). He served in HMCS Athabaskan 1957. He served in HMCS Kootenay 1962. (He was released October 12, 1962 and court-martialled and imprisoned for one year for desertion in December 1962.)

 

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Anecdotes
He famously deserted from HMCS Kootenay in 1962, for a 6 month tour of Europe.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=957&dat=19621213&id=Zj9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zFYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4110,4615452;
Last update
2015-01-14 00:00:00

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