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Ratcliffe, John Arthur

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Title Lieutenant-Commander (E) (RCN)
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Birth 00/00/1912 Death 16/10/2009
Place (nk) Place Victoria
Area (nk) Area BC
Country (nk) Country Canada
 
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Biography
After his naval service he worked in the Esquimalt Dockyard as Chief Industrial Engineer.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RCN 1939. (CFR). He was appointed as a Warrant Engineer RCN (With seniority dated 22/07/1942). He served in HMCS Fort William. He served in NSHQ on Staff of Director of Naval Air Division 1944. He was appointed as a Commissioned Engineer (A/E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1945). He served in HMCS Prevost. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1948). He served in HMCS Shearwater as Air Engineer 1954. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) RCN (With seniority dated 26/05/1955). He served in HMCS Naden for Duty on Staff of Flag Officer Pacific. He served in HMCS Shearwater as Senior Air Engineer Officer 1959. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (LD) RCN (With seniority dated 26/02/1955). (He was released 1965.)
 
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Newsletter of the NOAC (Obituaries) Winter 2009-2010;
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2011-03-22 00:00:00

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