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Moilliet, David If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Lieutenant-Commander (RCN) |
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Official Number | U-52970; O-52449 |
Birth | 09/09/1929 | Death | 13/05/2017 |
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Place | Nanaimo | Place | Kanata |
Area | BC | Area | ON |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Qualifications | PhD; |
Biography |
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After his naval service he worked for the Canadian Government Travel Bureau of the Department of Trade and Commerce. Postings over the following 22 years were to San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Buffalo, and Ottawa. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCN(R) 1947. He served in HMCS Malahat for UNTD 1947. (CFR). He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (S) (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 27/09/1948). He served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD 1947-1951. (Transferred to RCN 1951). He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 31/01/1951). He served in HMCS Niobe for General Education and Warfare Course Royal Naval College Greenwich 1953. He served in RN for Training. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 31/01/1951). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 16/05/1955). He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN. He served in HMCS Bytown on staff of Director of Naval Information. (He was retired 16/05/1965.) |
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Bill Clearihue reports that "He was a "UNTD reporter" for the Martlet at Victoria College in the fall of 1949" He was the Editor of the NAC-O Newsletter - "Soundings" for a number of years, through to the end of 2004. |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=david-moilliet&pid=185414230; |
Last update |
2017-05-17 00:00:00 |