Signaller Biography

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Updated 8 August 2013


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1957 - 58: Army Cadets, Woodstock ON (Cadet Band Ipperwash - 1957)
1958 - 59: 3rd Bn RCR Woodstock ON (Reserves) - Pte - Infantryman
Jun-59: Joined Army @ 7 PD London ON and allocated to RC Sigs
1959 - 61: Basic Trg, K165 ended in K177 (delay due knee surgery) employed as Clerk Adm in BB4 Office - Trades Trg Borden
1961: 1 Line Troop Kingston - Sig - Clerk Adm
1961 - 62: RCSofS Kingston - Sig - Clerk Adm HQ Sqn & 2 Sqn, remustered to TelOp
1963 - 64: 1 Army Sig Sqn Carp - Sig - TelOp
1964 - 68: 1 Sig Unit/5 Sig Sqn/1CSR - Sig/Cpl - Clerk Adm QM & HQ Sqn
1968 - 71: 706 Commdet Oakville - Cpl - Telop
1971 - 73: 740 Commsqn Nanaimo - Cpl - Telop MTRC/FCC Op
1973 - 74: Lorne Scots Regiment Brampton ON (Reserves) - Sgt - Tpt Sec
1974 - 76: PWOR Kingston ON (Reserves) - Sgt - Tpt Sec
1976 - 81: 706 Commsqn Borden - Cpl/MCpl - Telop/FCC Op/Node Op/Tech Ctl
1981 - 82: 708 Commdet Kingston - MCpl - Telop
1982 - 84: CFSCE Kingston - MCpl - Telop/Crypto Instr B Sqn
1984 - 87: 708 Commsqn Trenton - MCpl - FCC Op
Jan-87: Retired

Affiliations:
Life Member - Signallers Club of Canada 
Member - Canadian Airborne Brotherhood 
Member - Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor, ON