Born at Fleurant, Bonaventure County, Que. Educated at Escuminac Intermediate School, the Campbellton High School and McDonald College at St. Anne de Bellevue, Que. Enl, Montreal Oct 1940. 30 July 1941 married Leona Irene Forest RN by whom he was survived and who was attached to Miramichi Hospital at Newcastle, NB.