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Killoran, Clarence Henry ArguinPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) (RCNVR) |
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Birth | 27/08/1922 | Death | 28/07/2012 |
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Place | (nk) | Place | Owen Sound |
Area | (nk) | Area | ON |
Country | (nk) | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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He came down to U of T from Sudbury in 1941. Upon graduating from the University of Toronto as a Mechanical Engineer in 1945, he joined Acres Consulting Services and spent 31 years primarily in the design of hydro-electric power generating stations. He then joined the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and for 6 years he supervised Bank financed Hydro projects in East Africa. In 1984 he retired and as a consulting Engineer carried out short term assignments in Africa and India until 1992. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943. In 1943 he served in HMCS York for UNTD. He joined the UNTD in October 1943, probably as a transferee from the COTC. In the summer of 1944 he was on active service in HMCS ST BONIFACE (J-332), an Algerine-class Minesweeper. After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 1945, he appears to have had no subsequent naval service. |
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Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.woodfuneralhome.ca/obituary/1030; |
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2014-11-01 10:03:36 |