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Russell, James Burn If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Wireless Telegraph Operator (4th Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	OFF VR-0087

 

Birth	08/04/1892	Death	09/09/1933
Place	Brampton	Place	Peoria
Area	ON	Area	IL
Country	Canada	Country	USA

 

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Biography
He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1921 with a BA. He worked as an actuary, first for the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford, Connecticut and then for the Peoria Insurance Co.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Fourth Class Wireless Telegraph Operator RNCVR (With seniority dated 09/05/1917). In 1917 he served in HMCS Cartier (Auxiliary Patrol Ship) as Wireless Telegraph Operator. (At the time of the explosion this ship was located off HMC Dockyard Pier 3. Russell was working in HMCS Cartier in the harbour and was assigned to help look for survivors in the water.) (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=275&; https://memoryns.ca/james-burn-russell-fonds;
Last update
2016-02-09 00:00:00

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