Born in St. Lambert Annex, Que., St. Hubert's School, Quebec, then sch. at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, then Greenfield Park, Montreal, Que., A sea scout for several years at Point Plaire Yacht Club. Enl. Montreal Sep. 1939. A crew member of HMCS Saguenay when she was torpedooed whilst engaging a U-boat in the Eastern Atlantic. Unm., Surv. mother, Mrs. Annie Cowling, St. Lambert Annex, Que.