Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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NO, 672, COLONEL FRANCIS GIBSON MALLOCH, O.B.E., M.C., V.D. Colonel F.G. Malloch, a life member of the Club for nearly sixty years, died in Hamilton on 14 March, 1965, He entered RMC in 1904 and graduated in 1907, He went to McGill for his engineering degree, and then joined Mills, Spence and Co., bond dealers, of Toronto. He joined the CEF and left Canada with the 2nd Canadian Division Signal Company in 1915, with the rank of Captain. He served in France from 1915 to 1919, and commanded the 2nd Signal Battalion at the end of the War. In World War II he commanded the Royal Canadian Signals at Barriefield from 1940 to 1945. NO. 686, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN GORDON GIBSON, M.C. Lt.-Col. J.G. Gibson was the son of No. 19, Major J.G. Gibson. He entered RMC in 1904 and graduated in 1907, holding the rank of sergeant. He was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1907, He saw action on the North-West Frontier and later in Mesopotamia. He was twice mentioned in despatches. He rose to the rank of Lt.-Col. with the 20th Lancers, On his retirement he returned to Cowansville, Que, He died there on 2 May, 1965, and was interred at Dunham, Quebec. NO. 708, BRIGADIER ARTHUR VICTOR TREMAINE, C.B.E., C.D. Victor Tremaine was a career soldier who served with distinction in two World Wars, and between the wars was an effective military instructor and administrator. He died in Ottawa on 6 March, 1965, at the age of seventy-eight. He graduated from RMC in 1908 and held the rank of sergeant in his final year. He was com- missioned on graduation in the RCA, He went overseas in 1914 and was in France in 1915-16, He was given a staff appointment in 1916 in England, As a Major in 1920 he was appointed Gunnery Instructor at Halifax. He returned to RMC as professor of Artillery in 1922. From 1926 to 1939 he held various staff appointments in Eastern Canada. On the outbreak of War in 1939 he was appointed Fortress Commander at Esquimalt and in 1940 was named officer administering the RCA with Headquarters at Kingston. In 1942 he was sent as Com- mandant to the Petawawa Military Camp, and in 1943 was appointed Chairman of Officer Selection Board. He retired in 1945. His experience brought about a final appointment in 1949 as the Canadian Military Advisor on the U.N. Kashmir Commission. NO. 731, MAJOR STANLEY DAVIDSON PARKER Major Dave Parker, for several years the mainstay of the United Kingdom Branch of the RMC Club as its Secretary-Treasurer, died in London on 8 August, 1964, He was in his seventy-sixth year. He graduated from RMC in 1909 and held the rank of C.S.M. in his final year, He obtained his engineering degree from McGill in 1914. He served throughout the First World War in the Engineers. He was wounded at Festubert. For a time he was the Chief Instructor of the Engineering Training Depot at St-Jean, Que. On demobilization in 1919 he went to England and organized and operatedanumber of agencies. He was the managing director for the United Kingdom of the Remington Rand Company at the time of his death. He was a former President of the Canadian Club of London, England. His brother, No. 911, Capt. H.S. Parker, resides in Kingston, NO. 749, GENERAL HENRY DUNCAN GRAHAM CRERAR, P,c., c.H., c,B,, D,s.o., C.D., D.Sc.Mil., LL.D,, D.C.L, The biography of General Crerar will be found elsewhere in this section. NO. 833, CHARLES HILLAND BARNET GAR LAND, M.C. The death of Charles Garland occurred in Ottawa, the city of his birth, on 16 August, 1965, at the age of 72 years. He entered R.M.C. in 1909 and graduated in 1913. He held the rank of sergeant in his final year, He was commissioned in the C.F.A. in 1914, served in France until 1918, and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery in the field. Shortly after his return from overseas Charles Garland founded the Red Line Taxis Limited in 1923, of 167 1 I I I 1 I I v 5 l I Y 1 1 l V I I 1

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I 1 Z 166 NO. 575, THE REVEREND GEORGE KENNEDY HACKETT, M.A. The Rev, George Hackett died on 11 April, 1964, at Seaford, Sussex, England, at the age of 82. He was a brother of No, 591, Lt-Col Hackett, MC, of Wimborne, England, formerly of the Gurkha Rifles, George Hackett attended RMC in 1901-02. He was ordained a preacher of the Anglican communion in 1911, and served most of his long ministry in parishes in London, England. He joined the Chaplain Corps and saw service in France and Italy from 1915 to 1919. He was Chaplain-General to the forces in Italy in 1917. He returned in 1955 as rector of St. Luke's Church, Finchley, England, an appointment he held for fifteen years, NO. 582, EDWARD QTEDJ NOYSE HORSEY Ted Horsey died in West Vancouver on 21 August, 1964. He spent one year at RMC, in 1901-02. He ob- tained his degree in Civil Engineering from Queen's in 1906. He then became concerned with railway business for several years, He joined the B.C. Electric about 1910 and rose to be its Operations Manager in 1946. NO. 592, JOHN HERBERT BYRNE ' Word was received from Mr. Byrne's daughter that he had died in Ottawa in February, 1965, John Byrne entered R.M.C. in 1901 and left in 1904. He obtained his engineering degree from McGill in 1909. He worked for some years on the Transcontinental Railway and the C.P.R., and in 1909 joined the staff of the City En- gineer of Ottawa. In 1916 he became a member of the Topographical Survey Department of the Federal Government. NO. 624, MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY PFERINGER ELKINS, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. General W,H,P, Elkins, a distinguished soldier and administrator, died in Kingston on 20 December, 1964, at the age of 82, He was born in Sherbrooke, Que., in 1883. He entered RMC in 1902 and graduated in 1905. He accepted a commission in the RCA and in his Regiment rose to be its Commanding Officer. H6 WHS the COIODGI- Commandant, RCA, from 1926 to 1930. He was attached to the Royal Horse Artillery in India for two years from 1908. During the First World War he served in France with the RCHA from 1915 to 1919 and was awarded the DSO in 1918, He subsequently won a bar to his DSO and was mentioned three times in despatches for his com- mand qualities in action. After the War he was posted as an Artillery Staff Officer to Halifax in 1922 and to Ottawa in 1926. He returned to RMC in 1930 as Commandant, succeeding Major-General C.F. Constantine, a brother artillery officer and close friend. He commanded Military District 2 in Toronto from 1935 to 1938 and then was posted to Ottawa as Master- General of Ordnance. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Atlantic Command, with headquarters in Halifax, in 1940, and in 1942 was named Commander-in-Chief, East Coast. He retired to pension in 1944 after thirty-nine years of service, In 1951 he helped to organize the Kingston Committee of the St. John Ambulance Association and was its first President. He was awarded the Officer Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem for his leadership in the Order. He is survived by his wife, the former Phyllis Short and two daughters, Mrs. John Bovey and Mrs. James Cronyn. General Elkins was buried on 23 December with full military honours. The funeral service took place at St. George's Cathedral, Kingston. Honorarypall-bearers were General A.G.L. McNaughton, Major-General W,A,B. Anderson, Major-General C.B. Ware, Air Commodore L,J. Birchall, Brigadier J,S. Ross, Brigadier T.E, Snow, Colonel M,C, Sutherland-Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel de L.H.M, Panet, Major F,J. Irwin, and Dr. Duncan Boucher. Major M.S.M. Ferguson was the medal bearer. A detachment from the 4th Regiment, RCHA, Petawawa, acted as pall-bearers and as the firing party at the graveside. The remains were buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ont. On his retirement General Elkins came to Kingston to reside and was a frequent visitor to the College. He was the Honorary President of the Kingston Branch of the RMC Club of Canada.

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which he was the president for many years. He was also a member of the Ottawa Transportation Commission, and was a past president and director of the Gatineau Fish and Game Club. He became a life member of the R,M.C, Club of Canada in 1952 and was a regular member of the Ottawa Branch. His remains were buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ont, NO. 835, BRIGADIER RONALD DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND, M.C., E.D. Brig. R.D, Sutherland came to R.M.C. from Ottawa in 1910 and graduated in 1912, He was captain of the First Hockey Team in his final year and was a first class gymnast. He obtained his degree in science from McGill in 1914, He accepted a commission in the Canadian Field Artillery on graduation from R.M,C. On the outbreak of war he joined the 24th Battalion KVRCJ in 1914 and was in France with this unit in 1915. He was appointed in 1916 the ADC to the GOC, Shorncliffe and, later, in 1917 was made a GSO3 to the 5th Canadian Division. He was Staff Captain and Brigtaldle Major with the 4th Canadian Engineer Brigade in 1918. After his return to Canada he was employed by the new Welland Ship Canal authorities as an assistant engineer. At one time or another he was an executive offic er with the Electronics Limited, Canadian Westinghouse and Rogers Majestic Limited, In 1940 he was sent to Atlantic Command HQ as AA Sz QMG, with the rank of Lt.-Col. In 1942 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and appointed Deputy Adjutant-General. He subsequently became chairman, 1942 to 1945, of the officer survey and classification board. He returned to his civilian employment in 1945, Brig, Sutherland died in Toronto in April, 1965, at the age of seventy-four. REAR ADMIRAL WALTER HOSE The first naval honorary graduate from R.M.C., Rear Admiral Walter Hose, died in Windsor, Ont., on 22 June, 1965. The Senate of the College wished to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy by the awarding of the honorary degree of Doctor of Military Science on a dis- tinguished Canadian sailor, No better choice could have been made than Admiral Hose, regarded as the father of Canada's naval reserve, He was accorded full military burial honours, The gun carriage which bore his remains was pulled by 100 naval ratings. Honorary pallbearers included Vice Admiral Ken Dyer, the present chief of Armed Forces Personnel and the senior serving Canadian naval officer, Vice Admiral H.S. Rayneir, former Chief of the Naval Staff, and No. 2210, Rear Admiral J.B. Caldwell. NO. 845, ANDREW PATON HOLT Major Andrew Holt died from a heart attack in London, England, on 12 September, 1964. He was one of the three sons of Sir Herbert Holt. A younger brotherNVR,G,Holt, also an ex-cadet, died several yearfs ago Andrew Holt attended RMC from 1909 to 1913 and on graduation entered the business world. On the outbreak of War in 1914 he joined the 14th Battalion and served throughout the war in various staff appointments. He had a rare business acumen and was one of the wealthiest men in Canada. His financial interests were in banking, films, electrical power, newspapers,hotels, chemicals and other fields in both Canada and England. He served in several of the British Ministries as an adviser. He was a life member of the RMC Club. NO, 858, CAPTAIN HENRY CHICELE LEFROY, M.C. Captain Lefroy died in Southern Pines, North Carolina,on 2 March, 1965. He was born in Toronto in 1890, the son of Prof. Lefroy and grandson of Sir John Henry Lefroy who played a leading part in early ex- ploration in Canada. He entered RMC in 1909 and graduated in 1913, He served throughout the First World War, first with the Eaton Machine Gun Battery, CEF, and then, from 1915 to 1919, with the RFA. He resigned his commission in 1919 because of ill health. He was a structural engineer by profession and for many years was with the City Architect's Department, Toronto, Ont. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, on 5 March, 1965, 168