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Lieutenant-Commander William Lore RCN (William K.L. Lore/Traditional Chinese : 羅景鎏, February 28, 1909 - September 22, 2012) was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He was the first Chinese Canadian to join the Royal Canadian Navy and also the first person of Chinese descent to serve in any of the British Commonwealth navies.[1][2]

Lore served in Victoria, BC, Washington, D.C., Halifax, Nova Scotia, England, Burma, Australia, and Hong Kong, where he was charged with taking control of HMS Tamar.[3]

References

  1. ^ "William K. L. Lore". Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Minister MacKay Salutes the First Ethnic Chinese-Canadian to join the Royal Canadian Navy". News Release. National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.ccmms.ca/veteran-stories/navy/william-k-l-lore/
  • Photograph at Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association

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