In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Bruce Alexander Beaconsfield Restall

 

Wireless Telegraph Operator 4th Class, RNCVR

 

OFF VR-0208,  VR-1459,  0367

 

Born: 19 Apr 1895, London, England

 

Died: 21 Jan 1975, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 

Bruce apprenticed in the UK as a machinist. He emigrated to Victoria and became a journeyman electrician. In 1914 he went to Seattle WA USA and qualified as with a First Class Operator's Certificate. He built electronic components for Radio Amateur Operators. In 1923 he was a Radio Technician at the Radio Workshop in Esquimalt BC. In 1937 he was a Wireless Operator at Pachena Pont Radio Station.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS RAINBOW - Drafted to RAINBOW Jan 1916

* Rated Wireless Telegraph Operator 4th Class seniority 08 May 1917 (Navy List Jun 1918)

TRIANGLE ISLAND - Drafted to (RAINBOW for) Wire Telegraph Station on Triangle Island 01 Jun 1917

 

HMCS RAINBOW Jan-Apr 1916 cruise notes 

 


 

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