Biographical Data
Jette, Marcel Joseph Alphonse T. Photo Credit: Nauticapedia

 

Title	Commodore (RCN)
Official Number	O-36650

 

Birth	02/08/1912	Death	04/03/1987
Place	Montreal	Place	Montreal
Area	PQ	Area	PQ
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Honours
Awards	AdC.
Qualifications	psm. ndc.

 

Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/03/1940). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/05/1941). He served in HMCS Kenora 1941. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/05/1942). He served in HMCS Prescott as First Lieutenant 1942. He served in HMCS Donnacona 1944. He served in HMCS Donnacona as Executive Officer 1945. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1946. He served in HMCS Donnacona as Commanding Officer 1946. He served in HMCS Montcalm as Commanding Officer 1946-1947. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/07/1947). He served in HMCS Montcalm as Commanding Officer 1947. (Transferred to RCN 1947). He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1945). He served in HMCS Nootka as Executive Officer 1947. He served in HMCS Iroquois (I) (In command) and as Senior Officer Ships In Reserve Halifax 1949. He served in HMCS La Hulloise (In command) 1949. He served in the Canadian Army Staff Course 1950. He served in NHQ as Director Naval Reserves 1950. He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1951). He served in HMCS Montcalm as Commanding Officer and Officer-in-Charge Basic Training School (French Language) 1951-1952. He served in HMCS D'Iberville as Commanding Officer. He served in HMCS Lauzon (In command) 1954. He was appointed as a Captain RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1957). He served in HMCS Stadacona on Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as Officer-in-Charge New Entry Training 1957. He served in HMCS Cornwallis as Commanding Officer and as Officer-in-Charge Basic New Entry Training on Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast 1957. He served in the National Defence College of Canada (Course 13) 1959. He served as Commandant College Militaire Royal de St.Jean 1960. He was appointed as a Commodore RCN (With seniority dated 12/06/1963). He was appointed as a Hon AdC 1963. He served as Senior Naval Officer St. Lawrence River Area and Naval Officer-in-Charge Montreal and Senior Officer-in-Command 1963. He served in CFB Montreal as Commanding Officer 1966. (He was retired in 1967.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John M. (1994);
Last update
2011-02-05 00:00:00

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