Ontario Community Newspapers

Oshawa Times (1958-), 12 Jun 1965, p. 14

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

2 : 3 Pid THE OSHAWA 'TIMES, Soturdey, June 12, 1965 OTTAW A(CP)--Sketches of the officers appointed to head the new six-command structure ot Canada's armed forces: . * MOBILE COMMAND © Lt-Gen. Jean Victor Allard, '52, of Trois-Rivieres, Que., now. chief of operational readiness at a forces headquarters. __' Born at Ste. Monique de Nico- "Jet, Que., he was commissiened "in 1933 in the non-permanent ac- 'tive militia. A major in the "Trois-Rivieres regiment at the Start of the Second World War, 'he went overseas and served 'with the County of London Yeo- "manry. m.iIn 1941 he attended Army 'Staff College at Kingston, Ont., and in 1943 joined headquarters of 1st Canadian Corps in Lon- don, England. He won the Dis- tinguished Service Order in 1943 at the battle of the Arielli River| "near Ortona, Italy. In 1945 he "was promoted brigadier and "commanded the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Holland. _ Gen,..Allard was military at- tache to Moscow 1945-48, at- "tended the Imperial Defence College in Britain in 1950 and alater became vice-quartermas- 'fer-general at headquarters in| *Ottawa. = In 1953 he became comman- eder of the 25th Canadian Infan- stry Brigade in Korea where he yet troops for 14 months. = -He commanded two Quebec "Posts until 1958 when he was "made a major-general and vice- * chief of the general staff at headquarters. In 1961-62, in an historic first, he commanded the 4th Division of the British Army of the Rhine in Germany. In 1964 he was appointed lieu- tenant-general and chief of op- erational readiness. MARITIME COMMAND Rear ~- Admiral William M. »Landymore, 49, of Brantford, Ont. now flag officer Atlantic coast, Halifax. | *- Born at Brantford, he entered) the Royal Canadian Navy as a served on several cruisers, ahd) destroyers, In 1950 he became director of manning and person- nel statistics at naval headquar- ters. In the following year he comanded the destroyer Iro- quois on two tours of duty with the United Nations fleet in Kor- ean waters. In 1955 he was appointed di- rector of naval plans and opera- tions at headquarters. He com- manded 'the aircraft carrier Bonaventure® in 1958 and was chief of staff of the flag offi- cer, Atlantic, coast, in 1959. He bepdme senior Canadian officer afloat, Atlantic, in 1962 and flag officer, Pacific coast and Maritime commander, Pe- cific, as a rear-admiral the same year. In 1964 he became flag officer, Atlantic coast. TRAINING COMMAND Air Commodore Frederick R. Sharp, 49, of Moosomin, Sask., and Ottawa, who will be pro- moted air vice-marshal and who has been director-general man- agement engineering and auto- mation at Canadian forces head- quarters, Born at Moosomin and edu-| cated there and at the Royal| Military College, he joined the] RCAF in 1938 and trained as al pilot, He was a flying instruc-} tor at several western bases from 1940 until 1944 when he was posted to the War Staff Col- lege. Later in 1944 he flew bombers) overseas and became a squad- Hater with the 5th Canadian ar- joined the RCAF in 1935 and trained as pilot. He served-as a _. |pilot and instructor until the A Look At The Seven Men Who Guide Armed Forces MATERIAL COMMAND | Maj.-Gen. Robert P. Roths-| child, 50, of Montreal, who held) a senior appointment in the logistics, engineering and devel- opment: branch at Canadian forces headquarters. ochrane, Ont., and educated at the Royal Military College {and McGill University, he was\_commissioned in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in 1938. | He served overseas during the Second World War with the ist Canadian Infantry Division, mored in Canada and Europe. From 1943 to 1945 he served in Second World War. During the war he served at training centres across Canada and later in command and staff appointments in Western Air Command. In 1945 h e served with 84 air disarmament group in Germany and as director of personnel at overseas head- quarters, London. * Later he commanded several training establishments in Can- ada and served as chief staff officer of the Canadian Joint Staff at London for three years. In 1952 he was named air force director of the National Defence College, and in 1954 chief of plans and intelligence at head- quarters. In 1959 he became deputy vice-chief of the air staff, in 1960 deputy' chief of staff, op- erations, at NORAD headquay- ters, and in 1964 assumed his present post. Britam and northwest Europe with several. units and was posted to Berlin. | He returned to Canada in 1946) as commandaht of the Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston, | and later was military attache} in Greece until 1950, when he at-| tended the National Defence College until becoming its com-| mandant in 1951. pet He later served as depuly co-| ordinator, joint staff ;director-| general plans and operations; co-ordinator, joint chiefs of} staff; and director of the Reg- ular Officers' Training, Plan. In 1960 he became commander,) Canadian army liaison estab- lishment' itt England, and in} 1962, quartermaster-general. | AIR DEFENCE COMMAND Air Vice-Marshal Murray D.\ing officer of RCAF Station Ed-| 7 2 3 - 7 l 2 2 Lister' 53; of Edmonton and Cal-|monten, in 1952 assistant for! . logistics planning at headquar-\g @ Homes © Additions gary. Born in Edmonton and edu-) AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND Air Commodore Reginald J. Lane, 45, of Victoria, B.C. Born and educated in Victoria, he poined the RCAF in 1940 and after pilot training was sent overseas when he was com- jmissioned in 1941. He completed two tours of operations and was awarded the Distinguished Grad Cheques 10 Days Late TOONTO (CP)--It will prob- ably be another 10 to 12 days before 730 Ontario university tud receive their graduate " fellowship cheques, says a spokesman_-for the department of university affairs. Claude Passy, student air of- ficer for the department, said 'Thursday that "it was impossi- ee from the start" to have is- sued the cheques -- averaging $500--on June 1 as had been previously announced in letters sent to the students. The supplements are given to fellowship winners from last year who want to continue their studies this summer, In the legislature toda vincial. treasurer James Allan LAUNDERS DIRT Anyone excavating in Kimber- ley, South Africa's diamond cap- ital, has the dirt carefully washed out to see if it contains diamonds. headquarters. He was named to his present post at 'Trenton, Ont., in 1961. Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar and was mentioned in despatches. In 1947 he completed the RCAF staff college course at Toronto. He served at head- quarters until 1949 when he be- came senior personnel staff of- ficer of Air Transport Com- mand at Rockcliffe, Ont. In 1950 he became command- ters, in 1955 director of plans ron commander. He won the/cated at Calgary and at thel/and programs, and in 1958 chief Distinguished Flying Cross be-|Royal Military College, helof plans and intelligence at fore returning to Canada in 1945 to headquarters. In 1947 he went| to Trenton Central Flying School as commanding officer. He attended the University of Western Ontario in 1949, gradu- ated in business administration, and was an exchange officer at the RAF Staff College in Eng- land. Returning to headquarters, he attended the National Defence (O'MALLEY! JAMES Construction Ltd. howship awards--almost all of therm valued at $1,500--will be awarded this year. ve-bro | said today 1,927 graduate fel~-- cent over the 1964 figure of SPEAKER ON TOUR this. weekend for. a 1,225, he said in reply to a qués-| OTTAWA (CP)--Speaker Alan| European tour to a tion by Robert Nixon (L--|Macnaughton informed thejinter - parliamentary Brant). , {Commons Friday he is leaving\London, Paris and Geneva. My o-week various in This is an increase of 57 perl 2 'At bath time... who gets left out' ¢ 'p n your home' H @ Offices @ Remodeling » Pee Sea PRECAST CONCRETE SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY... It Eliminates The Risks That Are Always Present No one plays "second fiddle" when it comes to having hot College. and became deputy commander, 25th Region:| NORAD, and later commanded) the Bangor section, 26th Region, When Pouring On Site _ CURRENT RANGE OF PRODUCTS INCLUDE: »eadet in 1936. During the Sec- "ond World War he survived the 1940 sinking of the Canadian de- 'stroyers Fraser and Margaree. water for baths, dishes or laundry when you have gas water heating. >. He specialized in gunnery and NORAD. RUTHER 725-6553 { RENT-A-CAR DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH $5.00 PER DAY - 725-6553 PLUS Low MILEAGE CHARGE FORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS 14 ALBERT ST. Oshawa SEPTIC TANKS COLORED. PATIO WALK SLABS DRIVEWAY CURB PARKING BUMPERS DURA STEPS RAILI NGS WELL TILE Lirntdiwle CATCH BASINS CUSTOM PRECASTING CONCRETE PRODUCTS LTD. | 655-331 GAS is better You can't (and never could) beat gas water heating. Now you can have it with the new flat rate for gas water heating for only 9¢ a day. Enquire about our new Flat Rate Water Heating Plan. ca. (Consumers "as 29 CELINA ST. -- OSHAWA -- 728-7363 GRANDVIEW and OLIVE AVE. UY WEL EEL -MEMBER of the OSHAWA BUILDERS OSHAWA et 4 Homes Heated By CLEAN-DEPENDABLE with purchase of your ~ ARMSTRONG HOME | ROLLING HILLS ESTATES 1-YEAR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP to the GRANDVIEW GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB HARWOOD AVE. SOUTH AJAX Membership includes Father, Mother, And All Children Ages 18 Yeors And Under, ' ASSOCIATIO we ¢ a ee Nee oh VISIT US SOON! ¢

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy