Born: March 27, 1908
Died: May 2, 1995

Education: Public School, S.S. No. 1, East Zorra; Tavistock Continuation School; Woodstock Collegiate Institute; University of Toronto - Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Hydraulics)

Military: Pre-War: Canadian Officer Training Corps, University of Toronto
COTC 2nd Lieutenant, U of T; Reserve of Officers; Oxford Rifles, Lieutenant; No. 1 District Signals, London
WWII: Enlisted at London, Ontario; No. 1 Company, No. 1 Division Canadian Army, Royals Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), Lieutenant
Vimy Barracks, Barriefield, Ontario; Halifax to England; Captain, 1st Canadian Corps of Signals; Major; Second in Command;
1942: Back to Canada - Canadian Signals Corps Training Centre, Camp Barriefield, Ontario
1943-1945: England, Second in Command, 1st Canadian Army, RCCS (Senior Officers Training School, Oxford College); landed at Ouistreham (a few miles east of Juno Beach), France on June 17 as part of the Normandy Campaign
Post-War: 1st Corps Headquarters Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals;
1st Corps Signals Regiment, Reserve of Active Officers, Lieutenant Colonel
Supplementary Reserve, 1st Corps Signal Regiment

Medals: Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Member British Empire, Efficiency Decoration Canada, Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal, Canadian Centennial Medal

Marriage: August 23, 1939 - Hazel Yvonne Somers, (1915-2004)
Children: David John (Mary Louise Elizabeth Massie), Ronald Alvin (Janet Ruth McKenzie), Heather Ann, Nancy Barbara (Ken Beleshko)

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