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Harris, Cyril Kenneth If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

Title	Wireless Telegraph Operator (3rd Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	OFF VR-0198; VR-0333

Birth	09/11/1893	Death	(nk)
Place	Weymouth	Place	(nk)
Area	NS	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

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Biography
Frank Statham states that "He served in the Dominion Wireless Service as a W/T Operator. In 1912 he served at Victoria Radio Station as W/T Operator. In 1912-1913 he served at Dead Tree Point Radio Station. In 1913 he served at Digby Island Radio Station. In 1914 he served at Alert Bay Radio Station as W/T Operator. In 1914 he served at Triangle Island Radio Station. In 1915 he served at Point Grey Radio Station. In 1917 he served at Estevan Point Radio Station. In 1918-1919 he served at Ikeda Radio Station. In 1923-1930 he served at Bull Harbour Radio Station. Sometime before 1943 he became a Radio Inspector. In 1943 he transferred to a radio technician and constructed and maintained marine and airport radio stations in British Columbia. He finished his career in the Aviation Radio branch of the Federal Government in Alberta. He spent the last of his retirement years in the Coombs area, west of Parksville on Vancouver Island. "

Biography

Frank Statham states that "He served in the Dominion Wireless Service as a W/T Operator. In 1912 he served at Victoria Radio Station as W/T Operator. In 1912-1913 he served at Dead Tree Point Radio Station. In 1913 he served at Digby Island Radio Station. In 1914 he served at Alert Bay Radio Station as W/T Operator. In 1914 he served at Triangle Island Radio Station. In 1915 he served at Point Grey Radio Station. In 1917 he served at Estevan Point Radio Station. In 1918-1919 he served at Ikeda Radio Station. In 1923-1930 he served at Bull Harbour Radio Station. Sometime before 1943 he became a Radio Inspector. In 1943 he transferred to a radio technician and constructed and maintained marine and airport radio stations in British Columbia. He finished his career in the Aviation Radio branch of the Federal Government in Alberta. He spent the last of his retirement years in the Coombs area, west of Parksville on Vancouver Island. "

Military Service
He was appointed as a Wireless Telegraph Operator (3rd Class) RNCVR (With seniority dated 01/03/1916). In 1916-1918 he served in HMCS Rainbow for Wireless Telegraph Duty (West Coast) at Point Grey Radio Station. (He was demobilized.)

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http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=10422&; Government of Canada: Canadian Navy List; Frank Statham in his Rough Radio Website: http://www.roughradio.ca/staff/h_k_staff.html;
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Harris, Cyril Kenneth