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   budster13@gmail.com to Richard Johnson   
   Re: Percy Walker Nelles   
   28 Oct 14 23:36:05   
   
   On Tuesday, February 1, 2000 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Richard Johnson wrote:   
   > Does anyone know anything about this person. I understand he was an Admiral   
   > in the Canadian Navy in WW2. I just found out that he is a relative. Can   
   > anyone point me where to go to find info on his family, career, etc?   
   >    
   >    
   > Richard Johnson   
      
   I do, first Full Admiral in Canada's navy. He started around 1910 and was   
   instrumental in building the navy up to be the third largest navy in the world   
   at the end of WWII. Have seen Photos of him in same picture as Prime Minister   
   William Lyon Mackenzie    
   King, Sir Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt!! Had roots in   
   Haldiman County, Nelles'Corner, between there and Brantford, where he would   
   bring a navy Tender (shuttle boat) and gave out rides in it for family   
   reunions!!   
      
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