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Title	Vice-Admiral (CF)
Official Number	O-69850

 

Birth	17/01/1924	Death	(nk)
Place	Esquimalt	Place	(nk)
Area	BC	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1941). He served in the Royal Naval College Dartmouth (Special Entry No. 55) 1941. He was appointed as a Midshipman (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1942). He served in H.M.S. Drake for Training 1942. He served in HMCS Iroquois for Training. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1944). RNEC Keyham for Training. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (E) RCN (With seniority dated 15/08/1943). He served in H.M.S. Swiftsure for Training 1945. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (E) RCN (Appointed 01/05/1946) (With seniority dated 01/04/1944). He served in the Royal Naval College Greenwich for Advanced Engineering Course 1946. He served in HMCS Magnificent 1948. He served in HMCS Huron as Executive Officer 1950. He served in NHQ on Staff of Engineer-in-Chief 1951. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/04/1952). He served in HMCS Niobe as Staff Officer (Engineering) 1954. He was appointed as a Commander (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1955). He served in HMCS Niobe For Duty With Yarrows Admiralty Research Development Team at Glasgow as Senior Member Canadian Element Nuclear Study Group 1958. He served in NHQ on Staff of Chief of Naval Technical Services as Staff Officer 1958. He served in NHQ as Assistant Engineer-in-Chief (Nuclear) 1959. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Staff of Commodore Superintendent Atlantic 1960. He served in HMCS Gatineau as Fifth Squadron Technical Officer 1960. He was appointed as a Captain (E) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1961). He served in NDHQ as Director Marine and Electrical Engineering 1962. He served in Imperial Defence College as Student 1964. He served as Manager Ship Repair HMC Dockyard Halifax 1966. He served in HMCS Stadacona as Commander HMC Dockyard Halifax 1966. He was appointed as a Commodore (E) RCN (With seniority dated 02/08/1966). He served as Chief of Staff Materiel Command 1967. He served in NDHQ as Director General Logistic Services 1969. He served in NDHQ as Director General Maintenance 1969. He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral (With seniority dated 13/07/1970). He served in NDHQ as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Information Handling Agency) 1970. He served as Commander Training Command 1972. He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral (With seniority dated 15/06/1977). He served as NATO HQ as Canadian Military Representative to NATO Military Committee. (He was retired.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John M. (1994);
Last update
2011-02-16 00:00:00

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