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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
John Farrow was a well known Hollywood movie producer (5 films), director (37 films), actor (4 films) and writer (27 films). He was married to the actress Maureen O'Sullivan and was the father of actress Mia Farrow. Farrow was twice nominated for an Academy Award. He won the Oscar and Writers Guild of America Award for his adapted screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). He was nominated for an Oscar and won the 1942 New York Film Critics Circle Award for his direction of the rousing World War II battle drama Wake Island. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 6304 Hollywood Blvd.
Ships served in: * RCN Emergency List - 1936 (The Nauticapedia) * Appointed A/Lt, RCNVR (seniority 01 Mar 1940) (The Nauticapedia) * Mobilized 18 Mar 1940 (The Nauticapedia) HMCS DISCOVERY - Appointed to DISCOVERY in 1940 (The Nauticapedia) NSHQ OTTAWA - Appointed to NSHQ, Plans Division 18 Mar 1940 as a Lt, RCNVR (seniority 18 Mar 1940) (Navy List Apr 1940). Appointed to Staff of Chief of the Naval Staff as a Lt, RCNVR (Navy List Jun 1940). Appointed to Plans Division as Controller of Naval Information at a Lt, RCNVR (Navy List Aug 1940) HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 1940 for New Entry Officer Training (The Nauticapedia) HMCS ELK - Appointed to ELK 14 Dec 1940 as a Lt, RCNVR * Loaned to RN in 1941 (Navy List Jun 1941) HMS GOSHAWK - Served in GOSHAWK 1941, add'l as Assistant to the Senior British Naval Officer Curacoa) (The Nauticapedia) * Appointed Terminated (Medically Unfit) 05 Jan 1942 (Navy List Jan 1942) * Appointed Honourary Commander RCNVR (seniority 01 Jul 1943) (Navy List Nov 1944) * Transferred to RCN(R) as a Honourary Commander, RCN(R) (Navy List Apr 1946) HMCS DISCOVERY (Retired List) as a Honourary Commander, RCN(R) (Navy List Jul 1957) * Last noted in the Navy List on the Retired List at HMCS DISCOVERY (Navy List Jan 1960)
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