Biographical Data
McConnell, William James Clinton Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number	O-48228

 

Birth	00/00/1927	Death	19/04/2013
Place	Calgary	Place	Ladner
Area	AB	Area	BC
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He was a member of the Boy Scouts of Canada, the Seaforth Highlander Cadets. He graduated from UBC in the Spring of 1949. After graduating from UBC he became a Chemistry teacher, and later, a school administrator, devoting himself to the classroom and to curriculum committee work in Langley and Burnaby school districts, as well as for the Department of Education.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCN(R) 1946. In 1946 he served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD. (CFR) He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 06/02/1949). In 1949 he served in HMCS Discovery. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 06/02/1951). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant RCN(R) 1957. (He was released 01/1960.)

 

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References
The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?pid=164460289;
Last update
2014-12-21 00:00:00

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