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Rogue's Gallery
Ever wonder about some of the people you meet in the Officers' Mess. We thought it would be a great idea to put up a bit of a Rogues' Gallery so you find out a bit of their history. Who knows? Maybe you're working on the same project that they started ten years ago! ..... or twenty ......or thirty...
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Name - Robert George Heitshu, CD
Retired Rank - Brigadier General
Honours - Order of St John, Canadian Forces Decoration with 2 Clasps
Artillery Units Served - 57th Battery 13 Field Brigade, 79th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 4th Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1 Air OP Flight, Headquarters 1 Canadian Division
Artillery Worked on - 17 Pounder, 25 Pounder, 105mm Howitzer C1A1, L5 105mm Howitzer, 40mm Anti-Aircraft Gun, 90mm Anti-Aircraft Gun, 3.7 Inch Heavy Anti-Aircraft, 4 Inch Mortars, Fire Control Anti-Aircraft Radar, Tactical Control Anti-Aircraft Radar, Auster and L19 Aircraft
Career Thrill -  My first big thrill was a ride in an aeroplane in an Avro Anson at Air Cadet Camp at No 9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mount Jolie in the summer of 1943.
Retired - 2 Oct 1983

Uniform issued on enrolment - Battle Dress with closed collar and web gaiters
Ask me About - Do you remember old so and so?!


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Name – Dennis R. (Doc) Hopper, CD
Retired Rank - Lieutenant-Colonel
Honours - Canadian Forces Decoration with 2  Clasps
Artillery Units Served - 4th Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery,  1 Locating Battery RCA,  5ème Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada, 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, Directorate of Land Requirements
Artillery worked on - 105 mm Howitzer  C1A1, 155 mm Howitzer M1A1, 4.2 in Mortar, 105 mm Howitzer L5, CL-89 Drone,  Sound Ranging systems, Counter Mortar Radar, Blowpipe/Javelin AD missiles, US FAADS system (incl Sgt York), CF Low Level Air Defence system (Skyguard, ADATS, GDF-005 35 mm)
Enrolled: - 11 September 1963
Retired (First Time) - September 1995
Uniform issued on enrolment - Battle dress and coveralls
Ask me about - My exchange and liaison postings
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Name – Dave T. Brown,  CD
Retired rank - Lieutenant-Colonel
Honours – Canadian Forces Decoration 
Unit served – 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 
Artillery worked on – 105 mm Howitzer  C1A1
Enrolled – 1964
Retired – 1980; appointed Honourary Lieutenant Colonel 2005-2010
Uniform issued on enrolment – Battle Dress
Current interests – Associate Representative for the Ottawa Officers’ Mess, 30 RCA Regimental Senate, 30 RCA Regimental Museum
Ask me about – What’s happening in the Officers’ Mess? What’s the latest with 30th Field Artillery Regiment?
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Jerry with a couple of his other Gunner friends.
Name – Jerry Donahue, CD
Retired rank - Lieutenant-Colonel
Honours – International Commission for  Supervision and Control Indo-China, International Commission of Control and  Supervision Vietnam, Canadian Forces Decoration with 2  Clasps 
Artillery units served – 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery,  Royal Canadian Artillery School, 1st Surface to Surface Missile Battery  RCA 
Artillery worked on - 4.2” mortars, 25 Pounder, Honest John 
Enrolled – 1949
Retired – 1986
Uniform issued on enrolment – Battle Dress
Current interests – Member Ottawa Gunners, 30 RCA Regimental Senate, 30 RCA Regimental Museum
 Ask me about – What’s the story behind the Saint Barbara figurine in the OP? What’s the latest with
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Jerry on his second tour in Vietnam ICCS.
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