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Griswold, William Arthur

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Title Lieutenant-Commander (RCN(R))
Official Number U-00413; O-29491
 
Birth 00/00/1940 Death 00/10/2010
Place (nk) Place Victoria
Area AB Area BC
Country c Country Canada
 
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Qualifications MD; FRCSC
 
Biography
He was living in Edmonton AB at the time of his recruitment. He graduated from University of Alberta with an MD in 1969.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1958. He served in HMCS Nonsuch for UNTD (Cadet Captain) 1958-1962. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) 1962. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) 1963. He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1963). (Continuous Naval Duty) He served in HMCS Buckingham. (Returned to RCN(R)). In 1967 he served in HMCS Porte St. Jean as Executive Officer. He served in HMCS Porte de la Reine as Executive Officer. He served in HMCS Scatari (In command). He served in HMCS Malahat as Training Officer and Sea Operations Officer. He served in HMCS Porte de la Reine as Executive Officer when she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R). He was re-certified in Minor War Vessel Command in 1990. He acted as the Commanding Officer of Port de la Reine, Port Quebec and Port Dauphine for gate vessel weekends, Easter break deployments and two-week summer cruises on several occasions. (He was released 1995.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate).
 
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Anecdotes
After his retirement from the navy and partial retirement from his civilian occupation, a highly recognized heart surgeon, Bill spent his time as part owner of a 37 foot Truant pilothouse sloop. Bill Clearihue notes (E-mail to Nauticapedia 14/10/2018) that "He was the National Pres of the short-lived "White Twist Club" (1985-87) from which the UNTDA-Upper Canada formed (I was an inaugural member). and which in turn became the current nation-wide UNTDA. He articulated how he saw things unfolding as to purpose etc and those tenets still apply. The reason it didn't work as a national outfit back then was that the guys were just way too busy and so it remained as a collection of local units, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa primarily. As the guys got older and started retiring and coupled with the increasing ease of digital communication, there was more of an appetite to re-engage."
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; The White Twist (1960); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
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2018-10-12 00:00:00

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