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

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No. 1361, Paul Fairchild Wiser A pioneer 'in the developing of aviation and mar- ine radio-telephone equipment, Paul Wiser died at Wailukie, Philippines, on 22 April, 1967. He entered R.M.C. from St. Andrews College 'in 1917 and was given his Special XVar Certificate in july, 1917, on his accepting a commission in the Canadian Field Artillery. He served in Ijurope a year before returning to Can- ada and studied engineering. He became a sound en- gineer with various movie studios in Hollywood, and later, about 1935, worked as chief sound engineer with the Associated Talking Pictures, Ltd. of Iialing, Eng- land. In 1938 he moved to California to operate the Marine Radio Service and at this time developed and manufactured Seaphone marine radiotelephone equip- ment. His firm employed 3511 men and supplied com- munications equipment to the U.S. Signal Corps in the Second 1Vorld KYar. Ifrom 19-111 to 1950 he op- erated the schooner Loafer, as a research ship in tests for the Mutual Telephone Co. in the South Seas. In 1956 he took over the maintenance and operation of U.S. Weather Bureau at 1Yake Island. Ile was an entrepreneur whose restlessness brought him into many experimental situations such as being one of crew that participated in an air endurance flight over Los An- geles, operating a yacht brokerage, exploring com- munication sites, and designing electronic equipment. No. 1451, Captain john Watson Redpath john Redpath died after a short illness in Yie- toria, B.C., on 22 December, 1967. He was in the brokerage business in Vancouver and Victoria. He entered R.1XI.C. from Lower Canada College in Aug- ust, 1918, and withdrew in .-Xugust, 1920. He served in the Second VVorld XVar with the P.P.C.L.I. and filled several staff appointments. The Editor is grateful to No. 1003, Captain Allen XI. Mitchell for his notifi- cation about the death of j. VV. Redpath. No. 1565, Wing Commander Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton, O.B.E., E.D. WXC Victor Lynch-Staunton died on 25 Septem- ber, 1967, in Nashville, Ont., where he had been living for many years. He came to R.M.C. in 1920 from Newman School, Hackinsack, N.Y., and at the end of three years withdrew to enter the study of law. He practised law with the firm of VVeIdon and Lynch- Staunton of Montreal. After his law studies, he was commiss'ioned in the Royal Highland Light Infantry. On the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the R.C.A.F. and served from 19-11 to 1945 in the Ad- ministrative Iiranch. He was awarded the O.I3.E. in 1946. No. 1458, lan Cooke Ian Cooke passed away suddenly in London, Ont., on H july, 1967. Ile came to R..Xl.C. from North Bay Collegiate in .Xugust, 1918, and withdrew in july, 1919, after the war. Ile entered Pharmacy and prac- tised at Schomberg. Ont., among other places. The lfditor is Ql'11fCl.lll to No. 1472, iklaglstrate Tuppel' Iiigelow for the notification. No. 1674, Colonel Robert Charles Clark, D.S.O., C.D. .PX career soldier. R. C. Clark entered R.NI.C. in 1922 from Oak llay lligh School, Victoria, and ap- plied for a commission in the R.C.R. in 192-1. He served with his regiment and with various army schools. Ile went overseas in 19-111 as a major with the R.CI.R. Ile was a Ci.S.O. 2 with the 1st Canadian Division and llrigade .Xlaior with the lst Canadian In- fantry Iirigade in 19-11. lle was appointed O.C. Prince Albert Yoluntecr as a lieutenant-ccmlonel, and in 19-12 commanded the Irish Regiment of Canada. In 19-15 he was promoted to the rank of colonel as O.C. -lth Can- adian Infantry Training Regiment. Ile later command- ed the 1st Canadian Cieneral Reinforcement Unit. In 1946-47 he was A..-X. and Q..XI.Ci. at Regina. On his retirement he went to the XYest Coast. He died in Yancouver in August, 1967. No. 1697, Captain Henry Duncan McLaren Death occurred suddenly at his home at Ancaster on 9 Ifebruary, 1967, to Henry Duncan KIcLaren, senior vice president and a director of Iferro-Iffnamels of Canada. H. D. McLaren entered R.NI.C. in 1922 after attending Highfield and T.C.S. He held the rank of C.QNI.S. in his final year at R.AI.C., won the chem- istry prize, and played on the First Football team. On graduation 'in 1926, he went to the University of Tor- onto for his degree in Chemical Engineering. He then joined Ferro-Iinamels. He was a provisional pilot with the R.C.A.F. in 1925 and a lieutenant in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in 1926. He served during the Second World VVar with the R.C.A. and held various staff appointments, chiefly in the field of chemical Warfare.

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No. ll49, Philip Elias Durnford Philip Durnford, a member of the Quebec Public Health Commission and a prominent Montreal stock- brokendied at his home in Montreal early in Novem- ber, 1967. He attended R.M.C. from August, 1915, to August. 1916, when he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. He served with the British Army in France until 1918. He returned to Canada and jo'ined Lee Higginson X Co. in Boston and later became a partner with the Montreal firm of Crutchlow, Dean St Co. He eventually became assistant director of the Quebec Hospital Service Association fBlue Crossj until his retirement. He was elected to the Montreal City Council for a three year term from 1944 and in 19-18 was elected president of the Quebec division of the Canadian Red Cross Society. No. ll88, Lt.-Col. Coerge Edwin Crain, M.C., E.D. Col. G. F. Crain died suddenly in Ottawa on 30 Xlay, 1967, at the age of 69. He entered R.M.C. from Ottawa Collegiate in February, 1916, and was given his Special VVar Certificate in May, 1917. He was immed- iately commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery and served in France with the Guards Division. He won the Military Cross. He was transferred to the Imperial Army Reserve of Officers in 1919 and returned to Canada to enter McGill in Civil Fngineering. He joined the Militia with the First Field Brigade. ln the Second VVorl.d War he served with the R.C.A. and in 19-12 was the O.C. of the 26th Field Regiment. He held a staff appointment at N.D.H.Q. as A.Q.M G. in 19-13 to 19-15. ln civilian life he was Vice President of G. A. Crain 81 Sons Ltd., contractors of Ottawa. No. l2l0, Brig. Leonard McKewan Chesley, O.B.E., E.D. Brig. L. M. Chesley was born in Ottawa in 1898 and came to R.M.C. in 1916, was given his Special War Certificate in 1917 and was commissioned 'in the Royal Garrison Artillery, British Expeditionary Force. He served in France and Germany, and at the end of the war returned to Ottawa where he jo'ined the 3rd Sig- nals Battalion as Captain and Adjutant in 1919. In 1922 he became associated with the firm of Watson, jack 81 Co. Ltd., of Montreal., and then joined the Victoria Rifles. In 19-10 with the rank of Major he was appoint- ed to the Directorate of Military Operations and In- telligence. He became Director of Staff Duties in 1942 with the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Canadian Contingent which went to London to attend the coronation of King George VI. ln 1948 he was appointed Vice Q.M.G. and in 1951 was named Ass'is- tant Deputy Minister of National Defence. He retired in April, 1964, after 47years of service in the Canadian Militia and the Canadian Regular Force. He died in Ottawa on 5 August, 1967, and was buried in Beech- wood cemetery with military honours. He was award- ed the O.B.F. in 1944. No. l240, Major Allen Servos Ball Major A. S. Ball died in Toronto on 13 November, 1967, after a long illness. He entered R.M.C. from U.T.S. in 1916. On leaving R.Nl.C. in 1917 he joined the Royal Flying Corps and served as a pilot from 1917 to 1919. After the war he became a member of the firm of the Provincial Paper Nlills, Ltd. of Toronto, working first in Port Arthur, and then at the head office 'in Montreal before returning to Toronto. He maintained his interest in the Militia by j0'in- ing the Missasauga Horse in 1922. He became a Cap- tain with the 2nd Regiment, R.C.A. in 1925 and Ma- jor with the Governor-General's Horse Guards in 1930. He was adjutant of this unit for four and one half years. With the launching of the R.M.C. Club Founda- tion Campaign, he volunteered for service and assisted Major W. A. S. Bennett with the campaign, for which excellent service the Club presented him with an en- graved cigarette box. No. 1346, Major Canmore Drake Fleming Major Fleming came to R.M.C. from Highfield, Hamilton, in 1917, was given a Special. War Certificaee in July, 1918, and commissioned in the C.F.A. At R.M.C. he was an outstanding boxer and won the Heavyweight Championship. He went to McG'ill for his B.Sc. degree in 1918 and subsequently joined the firm of Alex. Murray 8: Co. of Toronto as a sales en- gineer. He served in the Second World War with the R.C.E. in the 2nd. Div'ision and at C.M.H.Q. in Lon- don. In 1944, as a major, he was D.A.D. with the lst Canadian Army. He returned to his firm after the war, and in 1961 joined the Ontario Department of Public Works as an engineer. He died 'in 1967.

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No. 1515, Dr. Adam Hartley Zimmerman, 0.B.E., C.M., B.A.Sc., LL-D., D.Sc., P.Eng. One of R..Xl.C.'s most distinguished graduates died in Ottawa from a heart attack on 311 October, 1967. at the age of 65, sl1ortly after his retirement as Chairman of tl1e Defence Research Board. He was born in Ham- ilton in 19112, attended Highfield School, Hamilton, and entered R.Nl.C. in 1919. He was a consistent prize winner, a member of the First lfootball leam. an evccl- lent swimmer and diver, and a class leader who held tl1e rank of C.S..Xl. He went to S.P.S. at Toronto and obtained l1is science degree in mining' engineering in 192-1. He ioined tl1e firm of .Xloore Research X Service Co. at Niagara Falls, NX. as an industrialist engineer and tl1en moved to Toronto as a research engineer with the same firm. From 1932 to 19-11 he was Assis- tant Director of Research. VVhen the Second VVorld VVar broke out he was called to Ottawa to become Director of small arms production and later, Director -General of signals production in tl1e Department of Nlunitions and Supply. After the war he returned to the Moore Corporation and held the appointment of Director of Production and General Production Man- ager of Moore Business lforms, Inc. He was again re- called to Ottawa by C. D. Howe when the Korean War broke out in 1951 to establish tl1e lflectronies Di- vision of Defence Production. From Defence Production he moved to the De- fence Research Board and tl1e launching of the Al- ouette satellite - one of Canada's outstanding scientific achievements. He was chairman of the Defence Re- search Roard and, as such, a member of the Defence Council from 1956 until his recent retirement. ln 1957 he was a member of the National Productivity Coun- cil, the forerunner of the lfconomic Council of Can- ada. At the time of his death, he was a part-time n1em- ber on the Science Council of Canada and was the president of the Rideau Club. llc was awarded the O.l3.l . in 19-16 and in ululy, 1967, was awarded the medal of service of the Order of Canada. He holds Ll,.D. degrees from .X1c.X1aster and Dalhousie and D.Sc. degrees from tl1e University of Ottawa and R..X1.C. Relow' is an editorial tribute from the Ottawa ,lournal of 31 October, 1967: A11 eminent Canadian scientist said last evening: HVVherever Hartley Zimmerman was, all seemed to go smoothly, he was a quiet man who thought things through, who sought always to invest his own decis- ions with what seemed to be the best tl1ought the whole team could put together. The man who retired just last -lune as Chairman of tl1e Defence Research lioard was a good companion who sought not to be spectacular but loved to work industriously yetpatientlytowards truth, progress, a11d kindness. Towards would be a word he'd cl1oose 'in that context. lint the soft expression in Z1111I11Cl'1T18Il,S eyes, the gentle way of putting 11is views, l1is unfailing courtesy, did not altogether conceal the strength of character that had fashioned his career. He had been a silver medalist at R.Xl.C.. a mining engineer, a big business executive. and a quick mind which C. D. Howe brought to Ottawa for .Xlunitions and Supply and which successively directed wartime production of small arms, signals, and much else. XYhile he was the head of the Defence Research lioard lsince 19561, Zimmerman's team launched Al- ouette to continuing world approval, but Zl111111C1'IN21l1,S mind remained bent over the other things to be done, to be improved. Concentrated thought was his second best companion. XYalking in the woods, he'd always have a mag- nifying glass to examine a specially interesting mossg sailing' in Cleorgian Ray, he'd get and give special pleasure in reviewing a fleet of miscellaneous craft skippered by grandchildren. Reading extensively in the biographies of men who lived full lives seemed to en- rich Zimmerman's mind, yet anything he did or said was distinctively his own-especially tl1e ambiguous chuckle his friends knew could announce delight in something pleasant, or zest in learning something had gone wrong that he or tl1e carpenter or the govern- ment or tl1e world would have to set right. VVhen sucI1 a man dies, there is sympathy for his family in tl1e close of a life he and they made ricl1. Rut in the communities in wl1icl1 he liived, in the ser- vice of government whicl1 he honored, respect and gratefulness for the principles and manners he embrac- ed will outlive mourning.