Lt. Colin Stevens, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, August 1972. Weapon is
SMG C1. Radio is PRC 25. I am wearing a mixture of P51 and P-67 webbing.
18 Lions Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/18_sqn.htm
HMCS Chippawa, Naval Reserve, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1968-1969. http://www.navres.forces.gc.ca/navres/chw/Intro_e.htm
Short cruise
on HMCS Porte de la Reine. Ordinary Seaman. This ship was apparently launched in
Dec. 28, 1951 in Victoria, BC. http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com/unitlst/CAUnits1340.asp
HMCS Gatineau, Destroyer Escort - Cruise from Halifax, NS via Bermuda, Panama,
Manzanillo, Acapulco, San Diego to Esquimalt (near Victoria, BC). This was in
the summer of 1969 and I was an 18 year old Ordinary Seaman. We took her to
Esquimalt for ASROC conversion. Captain Hughes (later Rear-Admiral) was the
skipper. We saw the Navy hydrofoil HMCS Bras D'Or fly into the harbour in
Halifax and in Bermuda, I sat on the stern and looked up at the moon as I
listened to the live broadcast on my transistor radio of the first man to walk
on the moon (A few years later I got to meet Colonel Neil Armstrong). Summer of
1969.
WWII version of HMCS Gatineau:
http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5420.html
Artificial reef?
http://www.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca/News/Gatineau_delay_pr.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=10819
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. I served as an Officer Cadet and was
commissioned as a 2/Lt on 1970 July 01.
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. 1970-1975, 1977. Second-in-command
of A Company and Recce
Platoon Commander. Intelligence Officer. Founding Curator of the regimental
museum. Awarded the Subaltern's Sword. http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/seaforth_highlanders.htm
Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's). 2ic C Company and Officer
Commanding 7
Platoon (Comox). c.1981-1983
Supplementary Reserve (on and off as I moved about the country and there were
not always units to serve with)
583 Coronation Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets 1996-2001
(Maple Ridge & Pitt
Meadows, BC). DCO and Administration c.1995-2001 Officer. http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/583_rcacs.htm
