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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
HUNGTINGTON, Samuel Robert (Bob) - Passed away after a short illness in his 100th year. Bob was born in British Columbia to Ethel Macintyre and Samuel Huntington and grew up in Vancouver and Garrow Bay. Bob's studies at the University of British Columbia were interrupted by his service as a naval officer during the Second World War. As a Lieutenant Commander he served on a number of convoy escort ships in the North Atlantic, including the HMCS Middlesex. After the war he completed his studies at UBC and pursued a further career in the Navy where we was instrumental in building the University Naval Training Division (UNTD). Following his love for science, he became an educator, teaching for many years at both North Toronto Collegiate and Northern Secondary School in Toronto and at North Park Collegiate in Brantford. He was recruited as the Education Officer at the Ontario Science Centre at the time it opened to the public in the 1960's. Bob was a memorable storyteller, a passionate environmentalist long before it was fashionable, an animal lover, an unstoppable collector of tools and gadgets, and a mentor and favourite "uncle" to so many. Predeceased by his wife, Dr. Beth Huntington (nee Marritt) and brother, the Hon. Ron Huntington, P.C. He is survived by his sister Kathleen Lindsay and succeeding generations of the Huntington, Lindsay, and Marritt families in Ontario, British Columbia, and the United States. The family will host an afternoon reception in his honour on Saturday, July 23rd at the home of John Clare, 849 Queenston Road, Cambridge beginning at 1:00 p.m. Interment at Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria will occur at a later date. (The Waterloo Region Record 23 Jun 2022)
Ships served in: * Listed as a Prob. SLt, RCNVR (Navy List Mar 1943) HMCS GRIFFON - Appointed to GRIFFON as a Prob. SLt, RCNVR (Navy List Aug 1943) HMCS CORNWALLIS - Appointed to CORNWALLIS 08 Sep 1943 for Disposal or Under Training as a Prob. SLt, RCNVR (Navy List Oct 1943) HMCS SHELBURNE (Depot Ship, Shelburne, NS) - Appointed to SHELBURNE 17 Jan 1944 as a SLt, RCNVR (seniority 01 Jul 1943) (Navy List Feb 1944) HMCS MIDDLESEX - Appointed to MIDDLESEX 08 May 1944 as an A/Lt, RCNVR. Commissioning crew 08 Jun 1944. Appointed A/Lt, RCNVR 01 Jul 1944 (seniority 01 Jul 1943). Appointed Lt, RCNVR (Seniority 01 Jul 1944) (Navy List Mar 1945) * Retired List as a Lt, RCN(R) (seniority 01 Jul 1944) (Navy List Apr 1946) NSHQ OTTAWA - Appointed to NSHQ 07 Jan 1952 on Staff of Director of Naval Reserve as a Lt, RCN(R) (Navy List Jul 1952) HMCS STAR - Appointed to STAR 28 Mar 1953 as a LCdr, RCN(R) (seniority 01 Jul 1952) (Navy List Jul 1953) HMCS PATRIOT - Appointed to PATRIOT 01 Feb 1956 as a LCdr, RCN(R) as Staff Officer (Officer Personnel) (Navy List Jul 1957) HMCS YORK (Retired List) as a LCdr, RCN(R) (seniority 01 Jul 1952) (Navy List Jan 1959) * Last noted on the Retired List at HMCS YORK as a LCdr, RCN(R) (Navy List Jan 1960)
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