Biographical Data
Lorimer, Gordon Alexander Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Lieutenant (E) (RCNVR)
Official Number	O-42714

 

Birth	15/02/1922	Death	29/09/2011
Place	(nk)	Place	Montreal
Area	(nk)	Area	QC
Country	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He entered U of T Engineering on a Scholarship in the Fall of 1940. He moved to Montreal in 1950 and was a life-long resident there. Most of his career in engineering was spent with DuPont Co. of Canada (building plants and factories).

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Stoker (Officer Candidate UNTD) 10/1943. In 1943 he served in HMCS York for UNTD. (CFR) He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (E) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/05/1944). In 1944 he was serving in HMCS Orkney. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) (RCNVR) 1945. He served in HMCS Cornwallis. (He was demobilized.)

 

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Anecdotes
Bill Clearihue reports: "In October, 1943 he joined the UNTD, probably as a COTC transferee. He graduated in the Spring of 1944 and so never did have a UNTD summer."

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montrealgazette/obituary.aspx?pid=153964813#sthash.EhAWAKtf.dpuf;
Last update
2014-11-03 00:00:00

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