Hainsworth, John Laurie

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Hainsworth, John Laurie

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      1921-2014

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      John Hainsworth was born in Lacombe Alberta on August 1, 1921. In the early war years, prior to enlisting in the RCNVR in January 1941, he trained during evenings with the Second Battalion Edmonton Fusiliers. After basic Naval training as a signalman, he served for a year and a half in a Corvette, HMCS Brandon on the mid Atlantic convoy routes to the UK and also briefly in the Mediterranean during the North African campaign. He was then recommended for officer training, and following graduation, he served briefly with the peacetime Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in HMCS Provost London Ontario. Trained as a Fighter Direction Officer, he served aboard the cruiser HMCS Uganda and the aircraft carrier HMCS Warrior before coming ashore for the last time June 30, 1946. Post-war, Hainsworth worked in banking until his retirement in 1981. Hainsworth died in Calgary in 2014.
      {adapted from supplied obituary)

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