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Ratcliffe, John Arthur If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Lieutenant-Commander (E) (RCN) |
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Birth | 00/00/1912 | Death | 16/10/2009 |
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Place | (nk) | Place | Victoria |
Area | (nk) | Area | BC |
Country | (nk) | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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After his naval service he worked in the Esquimalt Dockyard as Chief Industrial Engineer. |
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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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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 |