He volunteered for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and left Jamaica in June of 1941, enlisting in England in August 1941 and following training in England and in South Africa as an Air Navigator, Bomber and Air Gunner, performed 38 operations on Bosto

n and Mosquito fighter-bombers from October 1943 to August 1944 over Europe, he was discharged in January 1947 with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He returned to Jamaica in September 1946, then to Canada in November of 1946 where he resided eve

r since. Graduated from McGill University in 1950 and admitted to membership in the (then) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec in 1953 and in the New Brunswick Institute in 1979, he was employed by the (then) Price Waterhouse of Montreal

, (then) Canadian Pratt & Whitney of Longueuil, QC, thence by the Federal Dept. of Regional Economic Expansion in Ottawa, Fredericton and Moncton retiring in 1987 in Moncton. Co-Founder and Treasurer of the (then) Memorial Societies of Fredericto

n and later of Moncton he was president, treasurer and Director of the FSNA Branch 64 in Moncton and treasurer of the Riverview Veterans and Armed Services Association of Riverview, NB, and treasurer of the (then) Moncton Scottish Association

, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.6 in Moncton; also a member of the Air Force Veterans Club in Moncton. He was one of the early members of PACE (People Alone Caring Enough) and held the board position of Parliamentarian and of Edu

cation Director. He also met his current widow Noella Richard at PACE in 1990.