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Lower, Alfred Howard If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

Title	Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number	U-43950 ; O-43005

Birth	00/00/1928	Death	20/10/2020
Place	Kingston	Place	Thunder Bay
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

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Qualifications	MD;

Biography

Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1948. He served in HMCS Cataraqui for UNTD 1948-1949. He was appointed as an A/Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 06/02/1951) (He was released.)

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Anecdotes
From his obituary "He graduated from Queen's University Medicine, at the top of his class of '54. Al interned at the Ottawa Civic, Royal Victoria and finished his internship in Thunder Bay at McKellar General Hospital. He practiced at Ridgeway Clinic, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital, continued his education in Toronto and at the Mayo Clinic and established private practices in Thunder Bay and Kakabeka Falls before retiring from his 52 year career in 2012.He was from the era when Doctors still made house calls and it was his first house call on January 10, 1959 when he met his future wife. An avid pilot, Al would spend many years as the family doctor for the surrounding northern communities flying in regardless of the season. He combined his passion for medicine and aviation which allowed him to provide care to remote communities."

Anecdotes

From his obituary "He graduated from Queen's University Medicine, at the top of his class of '54. Al interned at the Ottawa Civic, Royal Victoria and finished his internship in Thunder Bay at McKellar General Hospital. He practiced at Ridgeway Clinic, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital, continued his education in Toronto and at the Mayo Clinic and established private practices in Thunder Bay and Kakabeka Falls before retiring from his 52 year career in 2012.He was from the era when Doctors still made house calls and it was his first house call on January 10, 1959 when he met his future wife. An avid pilot, Al would spend many years as the family doctor for the surrounding northern communities flying in regardless of the season. He combined his passion for medicine and aviation which allowed him to provide care to remote communities."

References
The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); https://untd.org/wp-content/uploads/LOWER_Alfred_Howard_UNTDA_Bio.pdf ;
Last update
2015-02-10 00:00:00

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Lower, Alfred Howard