Biographical Data
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Title	Lieutenant (RCN)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	20/08/1942	Death	19/04/1971
Place	Vancouver	Place	Sheet Harbour
Area	BC	Area	NS
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as an Naval Cadet RCN (With seniority dated 08/09/1960). He served in the Royal Military College of Canada 1960. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1967). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1968). He served in CFB Shearwater for VS-880 (Anti-Submarine) Squadron. (On April 19, 1971 he was killed in a Tracker crash at Sheet Harbour NS Canada during low level flying over water, the Tracker crashed into the sea off Sheet Harbour. )

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Tracker
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Anecdotes
(On April 19, 1971 he was killed in a Tracker crash at Sheet Harbour NS Canada.)

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002651?Richard%20Brian%20Douglas%20Walker (website viewd 04/03/2024);
Last update
2011-03-17 00:00:00

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