Biographical Data
Neish, Elgin Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Skipper Coxswain (Fisherman's Reserve Section) (RCNR)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	29/07/1915	Death	22/02/1995
Place	Toronto	Place	Toronto
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He was the brother of Angus Neish. started in the fishing industry at the age of sixteen on the Baleares for Peter Ambrose. He worked as a commercial fisherman in BC as well as a union organizer. He continued fishing after the war and worked as a union organizer for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Coxswain (Fishermen's Reserve Section) RCNR (With seniority dated 20/01/1939. He served in HMCS Van Isle (In command) 1939. He was appointed as a Skipper Coxswain (Fishermen's Reserve Section) RCNR (With seniority dated 01/07/1941). He served in HMCS Chatham for HMCS Nenamook (In command) 1941-1944. (He was demobilized 21/05/1944.) (He was demobilized.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Crew Picture HMCS Nenamook 1944;
Last update
2016-01-09 00:00:00

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