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Title	Lieutenant (P) (RCNVR)
Official Number	O-48970

 

Birth	00/00/1920	Death	08/09/1945
Place	Toronto	Place	Ballycram
Area	ON	Area	NI
Country	Canada	Country	UK

 

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Biography
He came from Toronto ON.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR. (Transferred to RCNVR). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 12/10/1942). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR 1944. In 1944 he served with the Royal Navy. (He was awarded Wings 01/12/1944). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 12/10/1943). He served in RNAS Ballyhalbert for 768 Squadron 1945. He served in HMS Corncrake. (He was killed in a flying accident in Northern Ireland when his plane crashed into a wall and caught fire during forced landing at Ballycram, 5 miles from Ballyhalbert airfield.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/RollofHonour/MemorialRoll/RCNVR.htm;
Last update
2015-05-27 00:00:00

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