Born Port Dover, Ont., Schs Port dover, pub and HS, U of Toronto. Hobbies, "hunting with gun and dog." Chief Engineer on Great Lakes ships for many years. WWI Chief engineer drifter/minesweeper. m. Grace Macdonald 22 Dec 1919. Enl Merchant Navy Dec 1941 sailed South Atlantic. Lost when torpedoed. Surv. wife, Port dover.