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Purvis, James Raphael

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Title Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number U-61630; O-60588
 
Birth 24/11/1922 Death 13/04/2014
Place Yonge Mills Place Kingston
Area ON Area ON
Country Canada Country Canada
 
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Biography
During the summer of 1948, he worked as a Guard (#151) at Fort Henry. After five years' post-graduate work in London, England and Detroit, Michigan, he and his young family returned to Kingston where he practised as an ENT specialist for 37 years. Jim was one of the Canadian pioneers in the use of the operative microscope for middle-ear surgery. He was a Founding Member - Frontenac Heritage Foundation, Kingston, ON.
 
Military Service
(He served in the RCAF in World War Two as a trainer and instructor for pilots in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.) (He was demobilized.) He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1949. He served in HMCS Cataraqui for Queen's University UNTD 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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References
The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London); Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20140416.93341349/BDAStory/BDA/deaths;
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2015-07-26 00:00:00

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