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Service Profile
- Branch
- Royal Canadian Navy
- Rank
- Commander
- Service Era
- World War II
- Medals Recorded
- 12
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Neil McLean
Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
World War II
Awards & Decorations
- Order of Military Merit Offier Canada
- Naval GSM Palestine 1936-39
- 1939-1945 Star
- Africa Star
- Atlantic Star
- Italy Star
- War Medal 1939-45 — (United Kingdom)
- Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2)
- Defence Medal (United Kingdom)
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
- Canadian Forces Decoration (3)
- Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Surg. Cdr. N. McLean OMM, CD.
Surgeon Commander Neil Mclean OMM CD At the age of 15, He actually joined up through HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary. Neil left Canada in 1936 to join H.M.S. St. Vincent as a Boy Seaman for training. He joined the fleet as an Ordinary Seaman in 1938 and trained as a Seaman Torpedo Man.
Following the end of The Second World War he transferred to the RCN as a Leading Torpedo Man, and was demobilized in 1947. On completion of his Medical Degree in 1954 he joined HMCS TECUMSEH as a Surgeon Lieutenant. He was also an active participant in several Naval Reserve Naval Control of Shipping exercises and was an active "Watch-keeper" with the Naval Museum of Alberta.
Decorations:
Order of Military Merit (Officer)
Canadian Forces Decoration
Awards:
General Service (Palestine 1936/39)
1939/1945
Atlantic Star
Africa Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
War Medal
Elizabeth II Jubilee medal
Malta Defense Medal
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