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 | | Patrick R. Toomey (Retired) Canadian Coast Guard, was born in England and started his sea career at the age of 15 as an officer cadet/apprentice in the British Merchant Navy, and sailed worldwide in cargo and passenger ships for six years. |
 | | That same year, he and his family moved to Canada, where he joined the Canadian Coast Guard, Atlantic Region, at Dartmouth, N.S. Appointed first Cadet Supervisor at the founding of the Canadian Coast Guard College, Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1965, Toomey served in that capacity until 1967. |
 | | That year, he transferred to Quebec Coast Guard Region, sailed throughout eastern Canadian waters, the Canadian Arctic and the Great Lakes to retirement in 1991 as the Senior Captain in the Canadian Coast Guard Fleet. |
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