First Name	John D.
Last Name	Hempstock
Rank, or rank last held	Chief Warrant Officer
Serving or Retired / Year Retired	Retired - 1999
Regular or Reserve Forces & Element	Regular
Year Enrolled & # of Years Served	1970  /   29 Years
E-mail address's Home/Work	jntame@telusplanet.net

 

Current Posting if serving	N/A
Current Position if serving or last position held	Garrison Edmonton Food Services CWO
Date retired	April 07, 1999
Medals, Honours & Awards	CCUNEFME, UN Peace Keeper,  CD1

 

Home address	89 Dorchester Drive, St. Albert, AB T8N 4X3
Home phone / Cell phone #'s	(780) 419-6796, (780) 919-7229
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Family Information

Spouse / Partner	Nancy, 1977
Children's names & ages	Tanya 27, Angela 25, Matthew 20, Eric 18

 

If retired, what are doing currently doing?

CPIC Warrant  Operations, KDiv RCMP, CC of C

History of service / Bio (please be somewhat detailed)

Wow, long ways back.  It is true that time flies, must be due to having the privilege of serving with some truly outstanding men and women, chefs, soldiers, sailors  & airforce all proud to be in uniform and serving our country.  A great adventure, with many still pursuing & achieving their dreams. Lets see - grew up in Portage La Prairie, MB and signed the doted line 10 Dec 1970 at Winnipeg. Joined as a cook and of course land Element, read Army, like there was any other real choice! After basic and trade training I was posted to the 3 RCHA in Shilo, MB, 1971 - 1977.  Fabulous first posting, large unit, large base, lots of young chefs just getting a feel for the trade and the challenges ahead, lots of laughs, lots of hard work.  Went to CCUNEFME after the Yom Kipper War, Nov 74 - May 75.  Met Nancy in Shilo and got married and we were posted to Masset on the QCI. Masset 1997-1980, First daughter born, Tanya - promoted to MCpl Calgary 1980 - 1984, 1 Field Ambulance, Second daughter born, Angela - promoted to Sgt Edmonton 1984 - 1988, Edmonton Officers' Mess, Combined Mess, H-15, A/Deputy Foods, Both sons born, Matthew & Eric - promoted to WO Wainwright 1988 - 1992, Wainwright, on continuous exercise starting with RV 89 and ending with RV 92 - promoted to MWO, then to CWO Calgary 1992 - 1994, Base Foods CWO Ottawa 1994 - 1997 , Career Manager, Cook 861 Edmonton 1997-1999 - Garrison Edmonton Food Services CWO I said earlier that I had the privilege of working with some truly outstanding people, man, we were blessed with real rockers and rollers. Our trade and our tradespeople were second to none and there is no one who can look down their long nose at us as a group.  I am proud of what we as a trade accomplished and the respect that everyone earned, contributed to the reputation that the trade now enjoys.  Even better are great things that I hear our present "Chefs" are continuing to accomplish.  Well done and enjoy the adventure.

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