Samuel Findlay Clark military branch Canadian Army
Career
He enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1933, joining the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals as a lieutenant.In 1938, he was promoted to captain and posted to the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) as an associate professor of electrical and mechanical engineering. At the time, Harry Crerar was the RMC commandant and Guy Simonds was the commander of a cadet company. He was appointed adjutant of the I Canadian Corps Signals.He served in World War II, initially as commanding officer of 5th Canadian Armoured Division Signals Regiment, and from 1942 as a general staff officer at Canadian Military Headquarters in London. In 1943 he was made chief signals officer at the headquarters of II Canadian Corps and served in North West Europe.In 1945 he became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in Ottawa before becoming a member of the Military Committee of the Western European Union and then of NATO. He became Quartermaster-General of the Canadian Army in 1951 and general officer commanding Central Command at Oakville, Ontario in 1955. He was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 1958.
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