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Title	Wireless Telegraph Operator (3rd Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	OFF VR-0176

 

Birth	24/11/1894	Death	(nk)
Place	Victoria	Place	(nk)
Area	BC	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
He was a plumber and pipefitter at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Wireless Telegraph Operator (4th Class) RNCVR (With seniority dated 01/03/1916). He was appointed as a Wireless Telegraph Operator (3rd Class) RNCVR (With seniority dated 01/06/1917). In 1917-1918 he served in HMCS Rainbow for Wireless Telegraph Duty (West Coast) at Triangle Island Radio Station. (He was demobilized.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=364&; Frank Statham in his Rough Radio Website: http://www.roughradio.ca/staff/l_n_staff.html;
Last update
2015-09-24 00:00:00

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