Biographical Data
Ross, Carl Wesley If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Rear-Admiral (CF)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	00/01/1926	Death	24/07/2000
Place	Saint John	Place	Kingston
Area	NB	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Qualifications	MA; ndc;

 

Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Signalman Royal Canadian Artillery for basic communication training 1942. (Transferred to RCAF) He was appointed as an Aircraftsman 2 RCAF University Air Training Corps for basic navigation and air training 1943. (Transferred to Canadian Army). He was appointed as a Private Canadian Army Training Corps (With seniority dated 09/1944). He served in Royal Canadian Corps of Signals for advanced Army communications training 1945. (CFR) He served in Canadian Army Officer Training Corps for training 1945. (He enrolled in RCN 1946). He was appointed as a A/Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1946). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/06/1946). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/12/1946). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1946). He served in NHQ For Special Services on loan to USN 1948. He served in US Navy Post graduate School Annapolis MD as a student 1950. He served in US Navy Post Graduate School Monterey CA as a student 1952. He served in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA as a student 1952. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1954). He served in NHQ as Assistant Electrical Engineer-in-Chief (Weapons) 1955. He served in HMCS St. Laurent as Electrical Officer 1958. He was appointed as a Commander (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1959). He served in HMCS Stadacona for HMC Dockyard Halifax as Manager Electrical Engineering Atlantic Coast 1959. He was appointed as a Captain (L) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1965). He served in the National Defence College of Canada (Course 23) 1969. He was appointed as a Commodore (CF) (With seniority dated 01/03/1971). He served as Director General Senior Appointments. He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral (CF) (With seniority dated 15/06/1973). He served in NDHQ for Special Duty as Commandant National Defence College of Canada 1976-1980. (He was retired 31/12/1980.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John M. (1994); Canada's Admirals and Commodores (3rd ed.) (2016);
Last update
2017-02-05 00:00:00

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