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1923-1966 (Creation)
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41 cm of textual records
399 photographs; black & white; 36 x 24 cm or smaller
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Anthony Fenwick Pickard (1913-1972) served with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during 1940 to 1965. He started his naval career by joining the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve in 1940. The next year, he served on the HMCS Chambly, which resulted in his promotion to Lieutenant and his appointment to executive officer of the HMCS Chambly. In 1944, Pickard commanded the HMCS St. Catherines. For the remainder of the war he was ashore in Newfoundland in charge of the Tactical Training Centre and the Night Escort Trainer. In 1946, Pickard was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his service in the Second World War. After the war, Pickard transferred to the RCN as Lieutenant Commander. He commanded the HMCS Avalon and the HMCS St. Stephen for short periods of time before moving on to command the HMCS Haida. In 1944, he became the first Director of Service Conditions and Welfare. After holding the position of executive officer on both the HMCS Shearwater and the HMCS Quebec, he became Canadian Naval Commander, Newfoundland. In 1959, Pickard became Canadian Commander Escort Squadron 1 as well as commander of the HMCS Algonquin. Pickard retired from the RCN in 1965.
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Fonds consists of documents dealing almost wholly with Anthony Fenwick Pickard's service in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), but concentrate particularly on his seagoing service and his time as Canadian Naval Commander in Newfoundland after the Second World War. Other material of importance includes: standing orders for heads of ships; notes and transcriptions of various lectures; press clippings from the start and the end of the war, as well as newsworthy naval events during the war; messages, orders and correspondence from the HMS Repulse, HMCS Chambly, HMCS St. Catherines, HMCS Haida, HMCS Quebec and the HMCS Algonquin; nominal lists from the HMCS Quebec; personal documents, cards and invitations; First Canadian Escort Squad material; photographs and information on the HMCS Algonquin's visit to Sierra Leone; and photographs of miscellaneous material.
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The fonds was donated by Mrs. Pickard.
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- English
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File 31 is Confidential. The remaining material is unclassified.
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Copies of the finding aid are located in the Reading Room at the Directorate of History and Heritage. Electronic copies are also available.
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No further accruals are expected.
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Nearly all the files have been arbitrarily created from loose material, and have been put into rough chronological order.
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Material specially noted in the finding aid represents only some of the most important material on each file, not all of the material in the file.