“Mucker,” a former member of the British Army, came to Canada in 1953 and joined the PPCLI. He remustered to the PT Cadre in the mid 50s and had served in Rivers, Edmonton, CFSPER, Kingston, Cornwallis and Esquimalt. A one time member of the CF "Sky Hawks" Free Fall Parachute Team, he was an avid fitness buff, an enthusiastic sports parachutist, soccer and volleyball player. He was tragically killed on 27Feb 1983 in a free fall activity while serving as the PERI CWO at CFB Esquimalt.