R 291331Z AUG 06
FM NDHQ VCDS OTTAWA
TO AIG 1704
AIG 1705
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UNCLAS
SIC WEH
SUBJ: RETIREMENT CDR TH ADDISON CD2 RMC, MARS
1. CDR TIM ADDISON WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CF ON 18 SEP 06 AFTER SERVING
HIS COUNTRY LOYALLY AND WITH DISTINCTION AT SEA AND ASHORE FOR OVER 34 YEARS.
2. IN AUGUST 1972, CDR ADDISON ENROLLED IN THE CF AND ATTENDED ROYAL ROADS 
MILITARY COLLEGE IN VICTORIA AND THEN ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN KINGSTON. 
UPON COMPLETION OF MILITARY COLLEGE, TIM SERVED WITH THE FLEET SCHOOL IN 
ESQUIMALT AND HALIFAX. FROM 1977 TO 1983 TIM SERVED ON THE HMCS ASSINIBOINE, 
GATINEAU, VENTURE, FUNDY, THUNDER, MIRAMICHI AND TERRA NOVA. IN 1983 TIM 
RETURNED TO THE FLEET SCHOOL IN HALIFAX, AND THEN SERVED ON HMCS QUAPPELE 
IN 1985. IN 1990, TIM RETURNED TO SEA TO SERVE WITH THE SECOND CANADIAN 
DESTROYER SQUADRON. HE SERVED ON HMCS HURON AND ANNAPOLIS IN 1991 AND 1992. 
HE WAS POSTED TO COS J3 IN OTTAWA IN AUGUST 1992. HE RETURNED TO SEA IN 
1997 TO SERVE ON HMCS TORONTO.  HE ATTENDED THE CFCSC IN TORONTO IN 1998. 
IN 1999, HE WAS POSTED BACK TO OTTAWA AND HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS STAFF
APPOINTMENTS INCLUDING CMS, DCDS AND THEN WITH DGJFD AS THE JIIFC DET AND 
FINALLY AS ACTING DJFC.
3. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON 15 SEP 06 STARTING AT 
1200 HRS AT HMCS BYTOWN WARDROOM IN OTTAWA. DRESS FOR THE OCCASION WILL 
BE DRESS OF THE DAY.
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE TO CAPT KIM ERMEL NLT 11 
SEP 06 E-MAIL OR BY PHONE AT 613 943-8186.
4. SEND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTAL NOTES OR BEST WISHES TO CAPT 
KIM ERMEL, BY EITHER E-MAIL TO ERMEL.KA AT FORCES.GC.CA OR FAX AT 613-944-5901. 
PLEASE GIVE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION TO THE CF MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF 
CDR ADDISON.
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