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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Baugh, Gerald Ormsby
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Description area
Dates of existence
1904-1978
History
Gerald Ormsby Baugh was born in Birmingham in March of 1904. After emigration to Canada, Baugh settled in Vancouver and worked in various capacities related to commercial and government shipping. During the 1930's he crewed on the Empress of Japan and The Empress of Canada (1920) traversing the trans-Pacific route between Canada and the far east. During WWII, Baugh served as Lt. Commander and later as Commander on the corvette HMCS Alberni (1941-1942) and the destroyer HMSC St. Clair (1942-1944).