CME Family Retirements

The CMEA posts a notice of the retirement of all members of the CME family as soon as we are notified. If there is a function marking the retirement, we will need the time, date, place, cost and the name and contact details for the organizer.  It is expected units will initiate appropriate steps to ensure all members of the CME family are duly recognised on completing their service.

You can search our list of retired members by year or by name. Our current records go back to 2006. If you find any errors or omissions in your retirement details or those of another Engineer, let us know and we will fix them.  If you retired before 2006 and want your retirement details posted, send the details to us.  We need the full name, rank, decorations, date of retirement and if possible, a biography of all retiring or retired members. 

Writing a good retirement narrative is an important task and should not be taken lightly.  We owe our departing comrades an appropriate good-bye, thank you and best wishes for the future when they leave.  A narrative reflecting their service, sacrifices and achievements should be recorded and made available to friends and family. Click here for a short guideline that should prove useful if you are the person who has been assigned the honoured task of writing a comrade's retirement narrative.

Retirement Certificates are distributed by the CME Adjutant.  Members requesting these certificates are to complete, save and email the downloadable form below to the CME Adjt  at CMEAdjtGMC@forces.gc.ca.

If there are errors in any retirement notice or if you do not want your retirement details published on our site please contact the Webmaster

  • 26 Jun 2009

    LCol Craig Sandiland will retire from the Canadian Forces on 26 June 09, after 35 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and the Canadian Military Engineers. LCol Sandiland enrolled in the Canadian Forces ‐ Air...
  • 19 Jun 2009

    Sgt Jaye Sheppard will be retiring from the Canadian Forces on 19th June 2009, after more than 42 years of loyal and dedicated service. Sgt Jaye Sheppard enrolled in the Canadian Forces Regular Force in October 1966 as an Infantryman and...
  • 18 Jun 2009

    Cpl Claude Taillefer will be retiring from the CF after 19 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and the CME Branch. Claude, also known as Tally by his close friends, joined the military in May of 1990 in...
  • 16 Jun 2009

    1. MWO PEMBERTON ENROLLED IN THE RESERVE WITH THE WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGT IN 1975. IN 1980, HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REG AS A PLUMBER/GAS FITTER 2. IN 1984, HE WAS POSTING TO CFB HALIFAX IN THE PLUMBING SHOP. WHILE POSTED IN HALIFAX HE...
  • 10 Jun 2009

    Cpl Dennis van Wissen served 24 years 248 days with the Canadian Armed Forces. He enrolled in the Regular Force as a Combat Engineer at CFRC Winnipeg MB, 04 Oct 1984. After receiving his basic and MOC training, Cpl van Wissen was posted to...
  • 01 Jun 2009

    Corporal Ken Poulton is retiring after 25 years of service on the 01 June 2009. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He started his career on 10 Sept 1983. After graduation from recruit training with 10 Platoon, CFB Cornwallis, Nova...
  • 01 Jun 2009

    1. AFTER 37 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPTAIN GL (JERRY) DEVEAU WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 1 JUNE 2009.  ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, BRENDA, THEY INTEND TO   REMAIN IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. 2. JERRY WAS IN THE MILITIA (NOVA SCOTIA...
  • 31 May 2009

    MCpl Shawna Thomas joined the military in Winnipeg, MB on 5 Oct 88 as a Teletype Operator. Her first posting upon completion of trades training landed her in 764 Communication Squadron, Ottawa, ON. She remained a teletype operator and...
  • 29 May 2009

    Maj Brian Mumford graduated from RMC in 1985 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering. After completing phase training, Brian was posted to 3 PPCLI, where he was a platoon Comd for 2 years. After a short posting to 2...
  • 29 May 2009

    MWO Pierre-Yves Chabot will be retiring from the CF after 22 years and 5 month of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and the CME Branch. Chab joined the military in November 1986 in Quebec City, QC. Upon completing his...
  • 28 May 2009

    Sergeant Henderson retired from the Regular Force on 28 may 2009, with 31 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to his country and the Canadian Forces. Sergeant Henderson joined the Canadian Forces in 1978 when he enrolled in the...
  • 19 May 2009

    After over 19 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and to his country, Cpl Thomas Young, CD, will retire from the military on 18 May 2009. Cpl Young enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 13 March 1990 as an Infantryman...
  • 19 May 2009

    It is my pleasure to announce the retirement of MWO Steve Russell. Steve will be taking off the uniform on 19 May 2009, following 25 plus years of dedicated and loyal service to the Engineer Branch. The son of an RCMP Officer, Steve grew...
  • 18 May 2009

    MWO Aubrey MacLeod was born in Reserve Mines, Cape Breton Nova Scotia in April of 1966. He was recruited in Halifax and began basic training in Cornwallis on 6 Nov 1985. After Basic training Pte MacLeod headed out to the sun and sand of...
  • 11 May 2009

    Capt Ian Moon has recently announced his retirement from the Canadian Force effective May 11, 2009, with 23 years of service. Capt Moon began his military career in 1985 as an infantry NCM serving initially with 2RCR. In Dec 1987 went from...
  • 11 May 2009

    After over 26 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and to his country, Cpl Kevin Bunz, CD1, will retire from the military on 11 May 09. Cpl Bunz enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 03 February 1983 as an Infantryman...
  • 05 May 2009

    1. CWO WAYNE J O KEEFE, CE SUPT, RETIRED FROM THE CF ON 5 MAY 2009 AFTER MORE THAN 26 YEARS SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CF AND THE ENGR BRANCH. 2. CWO O KEEFE ENROLLED IN THE CF ON 29 APR 1983 IN ST JOHNS, NL AS AN ELECTRICIAN. AFTER BASIC...
  • 03 May 2009

    On 3 Sept 85 Capt Damude transferred from the Reserves into the Regular Force. He spent a lovely 11 weeks in Cornwallis learning how to march and salute again. After that he was off the CFSME to conduct his TQ-3 as a Combat Engineer. Upon...
  • 01 May 2009

    CWO Nobbs will retire from the CF in her 35th year of loyal and dedicated service to Canad, The Canadian Forces and the Military Engineer Branch on 01 May 2009 CWO Nobbs joined the Forces on 27 March 1975, International Women’s Year, as a...
  • 01 May 2009

    Jean-François was born in Lachine, QC. In 1982, he joined the Canadian Forces and graduated Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada in 1987 with a B Eng. in Chemical and Materials Engineering. He then completed his training as an Army...
  • 30 Apr 2009

    Stacey Alexander Scott Antoniuk was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 1, 1965 to the proud parents John and Sylvia Antoniuk. After graduating from High school in 1983 Stacey decided to join the army under the YTEP program as an MSE Op...
  • 26 Apr 2009

    MWO Lowe was born in Vancouver British Columbia and enrolled into the Canadian Armed Forces in 1980 as an infanteer. Pte Lowe started training in Wainwright Alberta in1980 and after completing his Basic Training, he was posted to CFB...
  • 26 Apr 2009

    Sgt Bryan Goustos will be retiring on 26 April 2009 after 25+ years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. Sgt Bryan Goustos volunteered to join the militia with 2 Field Engineer Regiment in Toronto from April 1984 until...
  • 20 Apr 2009

    WO Gary Weatherhead will be retiring on the 20 April 2009, after 25 + years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. WO Gary Weatherhead joined the CF in 1983 and completed his Basic Training and Infantryman Training under...
  • 19 Apr 2009

    Capt Daniel J.R.L. Cyr a native of Montréal, joined the regular forces in June 1972 as a Traffic Technician. Upon completion of his trade training, he was posted to 3 AMU Ottawa. He was attached to MAMS team 2 where he deployed on several...
  • 15 Apr 2009

    At the age of 22, Master Warrant Officer Oldroyd Joined the Canadian forces on 17th March 1976 and attended recruit school in Cornwallis, NS on 27th March that same year. After graduating from Basic training he attended CFSME on 11th June...
  • 14 Apr 2009

    Sgt Pilgrim was born in Goose Bay, Labrador and enrolled at the ripe old age of 17 in Corner Brook, NL, as a gunner in the artillery in November of 1981. He arrived at Cornwallis, N.S. on the 14 Jan, 1982 and continued on that summer to...
  • 14 Apr 2009

    1.  MCPL COREY MACPHERSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 14 APR 09 AFTER COMPLETING MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE.   2.  COREY WAS RECRUITED INTO THE MILITARY 03 AUG 1988 AND AFTER BASIC TRAINING, BECAME AN...
  • 13 Apr 2009

    Master Warrant Officer Pierre Laforce is from Drummondville, Quebec. He joined the Canadian Forces on 4 January 1975 and underwent recruit training at CFB Saint-Jean P.Q followed by two month second language training in Borden. He was then...
  • 13 Apr 2009

    Born in Drummondville, QC, MWO Belletête enrolled in the Canadian Forces on January 18, 1974 as an EGS technician. He started his basic training on February 24, 1974 at St-Jean-sur -Richelieu followed up with Basic English training in St-...
  • 07 Apr 2009

    Garth was born in Halifax NS and is the youngest of four children. His father was in the navy and before his first birthday the family moved to the west coast. In the summer of 1979 Garth joined the reserves in Victoria BC. He served four...
  • 06 Apr 2009

    WO Mario Racine will retire from the Canadian Forces on April 6th 2009, after 26 years of service. WO Mario Racine started his career in 1983 where he served with the 5 RGC at Valcartier for 3 years. In 1987, he was posted to Lahr, Germany...
  • 05 Apr 2009

    1. SGT CARY WEIMER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CF 0N 5 APR 09 AFTER 21 PLUS YRS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. SGT WEIMER ENROLLED IN THE CF ON 14 JAN 1988 AS A FIRE FIGHTER. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS QL3 HE WAS POSTED TO HIS FIRST OPERATIONAL...
  • 05 Apr 2009

    MWO Hatch was born in Old Perlican Newfoundland. He enrolled in the Canadian Armed forces in 1977 as an Artilleryman. Pte Hatch started training in Cornwallis Nova Scotia on 04 Mar 1977 and after completing his Basic Training he was posted...
  • 03 Apr 2009

    Maj Kevin Mercer joined the Canadian Armed Forces on 18 Nov 76 as a skilled applicant in the Construction Engineering Technician (Draftsman/Surveyor) trade. On completion of Basic Recruit Training at CFB Cornwallis for where he received...
  • 25 Mar 2009

    1. CPL BRIAN NICHOLS WILL OFFICIALLY RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 25 MAR 09, AFTER 21 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CF, ENGINEER BRANCH, AND THE LOGISTICS BRANCH. 2. BRIAN JOINED THE CF ON 14 SEP 87. HE COMPLETED...
  • 25 Mar 2009

    1. AFTER 31 YEARS OF REGULAR FORCE SERVICE TO THE CF, ARMY AND ENGINEERS, CWO GARFIELD (GARY) FOLEY HAS DECIDED TO TRANSFER TO THE RESERVES AND A CLASS B CONTRACT WITH 3 ASG AT THE DEPLOYED SUPPORT CENTER. HIS LAST DAY WAS 25 MAR 09 AND HE...
  • 24 Mar 2009

     It is my pleasure to announce the retirement of Cpl Tim MacDonald. Tim will be falling out of our engineer ranks on 24 Mar 2009, following 22 plus years of dedicated and loyal service to the Canadian Military. Cpl MacDonald was born and...
  • 20 Mar 2009

    WO André Gignac will be retiring after approximately 30 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. WO Gignac enrolled in the 12 RBC (Militia) in Trois-Rivières, Québec Sept 1979 and joined the Regular Forces as a...
  • 16 Mar 2009

    Capt Mike Machin, CD
    Captain Machin was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland where he completed both his secondary and post-secondary schooling. In 1993, he graduated from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Geography. In...
  • 13 Mar 2009

    Sgt Keep joined the Canadian Forces in Charlottetown in Sept 1977. He was escorted from the provincial courthouse by the RCMP to the recruiting center, but that is another story! After his trades training, his first posting was 1 CER....
  • 10 Mar 2009

    Cpl Strickland was born in Port-Aux Basques Newfoundland and enrolled into the CF at the age of 18 as a Naval Acoustic tech in Corner Brook, NL in September of 1988. He arrived at Cornwallis, N.S. on the 08 Sept 88 and continued on that...
  • 10 Mar 2009

    Born and raised in Burin, a small town in Newfoundland, he finished High School and immediately continued on to Trade School where he studied to become an Electrician. After graduation he worked for various companies including Fishery...
  • 03 Mar 2009

    MWO Dupuis will retire from the Canadian Forces on 3 March 2009, after 23 years of service. MWO Dupuis started his career in 1985 where he served with the 2R22R at Valcartier for 9 years. In 1994, he remustered to join the Air Force as a...
  • 02 Mar 2009

    MWO Steve Bailey will be retiring after 33 plus years of loyal and dedicated service with the Canadian Forces. MWO Bailey enrolled in the Queen’s York Rangers in Toronto in March 1976. In Feb 1979 he followed his heart and made a component...
  • 02 Mar 2009

  • 27 Feb 2009

    1. Sgt Patrick St-Croix will hang up his hose and empty his last fire extinguisher on the 27 Feb 09 after 24 years of loyal, dedicated and distinguished service to Canada with the Canadian Forces. 2. Patrick joined the CF as a member of...
  • 16 Feb 2009

    MWO Ronald Desroches is retiring from CF on the 16 Feb 2009 after 28 years of dedicated services to the regular CF. Born in Verdun, Montreal, Qc. MWO Ronald Desroches enrolled in the Canadian Forces on January 27, 1981 in the artillery....
  • 13 Feb 2009

    Major Corneliu Chisu has recently announced his retirement from the Canadian Regular Force effective February 13, 2009. After a public service career spanning thirty six years, including nearly 19 years with the Canadian Military, Major...
  • 10 Feb 2009

    Born in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Master Warrant Officer Mike MacDonald grew up on a small island farm in St. Peters. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 17 March 1981 and following his basic training in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, he...

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