Geoffrey Smith at anti-aircraft station

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Notes
Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman and trained as an ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detector). Served in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the North Atlantic in minesweepers and corvettes, promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in 1943. Geoffrey and his wife, Joy, moved to Oakville in the 1980s.
Date of Original
c. 1941-1945
Date Of Event
1939-1945
Subject(s)
Military personnel
Military uniforms
Navies
World War, 1939-1945
Collection
Shadows of War
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