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When researching for writing an History of Monitoring in Canada, I came across one of those history keepers, Ernest Brown who worked at the Ottawa Monitoring station. More of him will come up on this web site, pending the book. Here are some lines, extracted from personal correspondence and adapted for the web by Laval, September 2005.
He joined DOT in Ottawa
in Jan. 1942 and
was with the
crowd at the Ottawa Monitoring station, with Jim
Gilmour who eventually became shift supervisor before Ernie left the station.
In Feb. 1943 , Ernie transferred to Air Services in the Yukon, on the Northwest Staging Route. ( a log-built ops building ).
In 1944, he moved out to the Prairies on Radio Ranges at Swift Current and Dafoe in Saskatchewan.
He became OIC of the Fort Churchill Radio Range in 1948, while Art Bambrick was OIC of the Marine Radio there. On to Regina in 1953, then into the Winnipeg Regional Office as a Technician in 1955.
Moved on to pursue his career in Ottawa in 1960. More can be learned of his adventures on his web site .
Ernie retired at the end of 1976.
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Merchant Marine Sparks, Ham Radio Operator VA3OEB
In his 98 years, he made many friends including within the United Church of Canada, Quarter Century Wireless Association, and Stouffville Creek Retirement Centre.
Friends and family are invited to pay their respects at O’Neill Funeral Home, 6324 Main Street, Stouffville (905-642-2855) on Tuesday, October 2 from 10-11 a.m. Service will be held in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Interment will take place in Capital Memorial Gardens, 3700 Prince Wales Drive, Ottawa Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 2 p.m. . Donations to the Salvation Army, Red Cross or to the Margaret Bahen Hospice in lieu of flowers would be gratefully appreciated.
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Passed Away
in 2018 - Scroll Down for Obituary
Ernie
Brown graduated from high school in 1939. Trained as a radio
operator at the Toronto Canadian Electronics Institute, he got his 2nd Class radio operator
