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Ruttan, John McDonald If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (RCN(R))
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	(nk)	Death	21/03/1992
Place	(nk)	Place	Ottawa
Area	(nk)	Area	ON
Country	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

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Military Service

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 13/09/1939). He served in the Winnipeg Division RCNVR 1939. He served in H.M.S. King Alfred (Officer Training Establishment) 1940. He served in HMS Lochinvar for Minesweeping Course 1940. He served in H.M.S. Skudd V as Executive Officer 1940. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 16/09/1941) (Later backdated to 1940). He served in H.M.S. Svana (In command) 1941. He served in HM LCI (L) 302 (In command) in 264th Canadian LCI Flotilla for Operation Neptune 1944. He served in HMCS Matane. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (Promoted on Retired List). (He was demobilized 13/12/1945.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping certificate.)

 

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Anecdotes
He served in operations at Tobruk, Libya.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Blatherwick, John (1992);
Last update
2011-01-07 00:00:00

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