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I joined the RCSCC Impregnable at HMCS QUEEN Regina in Jan 1952. While a Sea Cadet I marched in the Coronation Parade for Her Majesty HM Queen Elisabeth II on 02 Jun 1953 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
HMCS QUEEN - Enrolled in RCN(R) (Communicator Radio) HMCS QUEEN in 1954
HMCS STAR - Spent summer of 1955 at HMCS STAR, Hamilton Communication School
HMCS QUEEN - Enlisted in the RCN at age 17 as a Communicator Radio (CR) 08 Sep 1955
HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS in Oct 1955 for New Entry Training

HMCS CORNWALLIS (COMM SCHOOL) - Commenced CR1 Course Apr 1956
HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Drafted to MAGNIFICENT Sep 1956 to be part of the commissioning crew for HMCS BONAVENTURE. Due to the Suez Crisis my draft to BONAVENTURE was cancelled and I was drafted to CFS MILL COVE Oct 1956
CFS MILL COVE - Drafted to MILL COVE Oct 1956

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN Nov 1956

HMCS JONQUIERE - Drafted to JONQUIERE as an AB.CR. Went on four month Far East training Cruise with HMCS ONTARIO and HMCS STETTLER

HMCS FORTUNE - Drafted to FORTUNE Sep 1957 as a CR1

HMS NRS ALDERGROVE - Drafted to ALDERGROVE in Nov 1958 as an RM watch keeper
* Promoted to LS Jan 1959

NRS FROBISHER BAY - Drafted to FROBISHER BAY Jan 1959

HMCS NADEN (Fleet School) - Drafted to Fleet School Esquimalt Jan 1960 for RM TG 2 Course

HMCS CORNWALLIS (COMM SCHOOL) - Drafted to CORNWALLIS Summer 1960 for RM TG 2 Course

HMCS STADACONA (Fleet School) - Draft to Fleet School Halifax for final photos of RM TG 2 Course

HMCS JONQUIERE - Drafted to HMCS JONQUIERE as LS.RM2
* Voluntary Released from the RCN Dec 1961

HMCS CARLETON - Enlisted in the RCNR at CARLETON as a P2RM

* May 1963 joined Canadian Foreign Service Communications Branch
* December 1963 posted to Canadian High Commission New Delhi, India as Comms Officer
* April 1965 Posted to Canadian Embassy Moscow USSR as Comms Officer
* May 1965 posted back to Ottawa as Comms Officer
* Summer 1966 posted to Canadian High Commission, Colombo, Ceylon as Comms Officer
* 1968 as Canadian Diplomatic Courier.
* November 1970 posted to a Hong Kong on Mandarin Language Course
* 1974-75 Hong Kong as Comms Officer and Diplomatic Courier
* 1975 Ottawa as Communications Officer
* 1982 Canadian High Commission Singapore as OIC Comcentre
* 1983 Ottawa as Diplomatic Courier
* 1992 retired from Canadian Diplomatic service after thirty seven years CAF and Canadian Foreign Service.

Sparker on watch on HMCS FORTUNE - 1963

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