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Brock, Ernest ReginaldPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Commodore (RCN(R)) |
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Official Number | O-8870 |
Birth | 00/00/1892 | Death | 13/02/1964 |
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Place | Winnipeg | Place | Vancouver |
Area | MB | Area | BC |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Honours | CBE. VRD. |
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Biography |
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A prominent businessman he joined the RCNVR in the year of its formation. He was the first reserve naval officer to attain the rank of Commodore. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 27/06/1916). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 27/06/1917). (Transferred to RCNVR). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCNVR 1923. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/08/1929). He served in HMCS Champlain. He served in HMCS Saguenay. He was appointed as a Commander RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/01/1937). He served as Naval Officer-in-Charge Montreal Division RCNVR 1934-39. (Mobilized for World War Two service) 01/09/1939). He served in HMCS Donnacona as Commanding Officer 1939-40. He served in NHQ 1940. He was appointed as a Captain RCNVR (With seniority dated 01/01/1942). He served in HMCS York as Commanding Officer Reserve Divisions and as Naval Officer-in-Charge Toronto 1942. He was appointed as a Commodore (2nd Class) RCNVR (With seniority dated 25/05/1942). He was appointed as a Commodore RCNVR (With seniority dated 25/05/1944). He served in NSHQ as Commanding Officer Reserve Divisions 1945. (He was demobilized 02/04/1946.) He was appointed as a Commodore RCN(R) (With seniority dated 15/10/1945). (He was released.) (He was qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate.) |
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Anecdotes |
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In 1943 he was awarded the RCN Volunteer Officer's Decoration. |
References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John M. (1994); Blatherwick, John (1992); |
Last update |
2011-03-03 00:00:00 |