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

  • 17 Nov 2008

    On 17 Nov 2008, MWO Marc Charette will be retiring from the Canadian Forces after 20 plus years of Loyal and Dedicated Service to Queen and Country. MWO Charette was born in Buckingham Quebec on 03 Jan 1970. He enrolled in the Canadian...
  • 17 Nov 2008

    1. AFTER 16 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CROWN AND COUNTRY, SERGEANT TRENT MILLER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN MILITARY ENGINEERS AND THE CF ON 17 NOVEMBER 2008.  SGT MILLER JOINED THE ARTILLERY RESERVES ON 25 APRIL...
  • 17 Nov 2008

    Sgt Boudreau enrolled in the Canadian Forces in November 1981 and completed recruit training in CFB Cornwallis, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. After graduating from Basic Recruit Training, he completed TQ3 occupational training at the Air...
  • 16 Nov 2008

    After twenty plus years of loyal and dedicated service, Sgt Rob Bourbonnais will retire from the CF Fire Service. Sgt Bourbonnais joined the CF as a fire fighter in 1988 and has served at several locations through out Canada namely Portage...
  • 13 Nov 2008

    Corporal Tim Smith was born at Sandy Point, Shelburne County, NS, and enrolled with the CF in Oct 78. Corporal Smith then spent the next 23 years with the Navy, as a Weapons Tech, retiring as a Petty Officer 2 in 2001. He transferred to...
  • 13 Nov 2008

    Je suis devenue membre des forces armées au 9e Escadron du génie à RouynNoranda en 1989 à l’âge de 16 ans. J’ai participé à plusieurs exercices avec le 5 e RGC en temps que réserviste dont EN GARDE 90, 93 et 94 à Gagetown et RV 92 à...
  • 13 Nov 2008

    Sgt Gaumond’s military career started in Québec City on the 24th of June 1980 where he enrolled as an infanteer in the reserve with the Voltigeurs de Québec and in 1986 he transferred to the 3e R22R and re-mustered to Fire Fighter in 1991...
  • 12 Nov 2008

    Dan enrolled in the CF on 6 December 74, after his basic training he attended the Language School in Borden Ontario. After completing Cbt Engr Trg Dan was posted to the 5e RGC Valcartier from January 76 to June 86, while in Valcartier he...
  • 07 Nov 2008

    MCpl Germain will retire from the CF on 7 November 2008 after 20 years of loyal and dedicated service. MCpl Germain joined the CF on the 9 February 1984. After completing Cornwallis and RCA Battle School, he was posted to 1 RCHA Lahr...
  • 04 Nov 2008

  • 04 Nov 2008

    Cpl Young was born on 4th May 1963 in Cape Breton Island, NS. He enrolled in the CF in Nov 1980 with the Nova Scotia Highlanders as an Infantryman where he stayed until Jan 1991. Upon finishing from the Highlanders he hung up his uniform...
  • 31 Oct 2008

    Bonjour, je me nomme Marcel Jr Germain, je suis né le 28 septembre 1969 dans la ville de Grand-Mère située à 50km au nord de Trois-Rivières et je suis l’aîné d’une famille de deux enfants. Pour ce qui est de mes études, j’ai obtenu mon DES...
  • 28 Oct 2008

    MWO Marc Gagnon was born on the 09 of Aug 1961 in Loretteville, Québec where he grew up. He joined the CF as a reservist in Jan 1977 with the 10ième Escadron du Génie de Campagne (10 EG de C) in Québec City, Québec. During his time as a...
  • 24 Oct 2008

    Maj Wayne Mac Culloch, CD
    Wayne joined the Canadian Army on 5 January 1968, a month before Unification, as a Gunner in 2 Field Regiment, RCA, Montreal, and was deployed as a Vital Point guard during the October 1970 Crisis. Following this, he enrolled in the Royal...
  • 15 Oct 2008

    No biography is currently available. Sgt Sampson retired on 15 October 2008            
  • 15 Oct 2008

    Sgt Brad Nancekivell, CD
    Sgt B Nancekivell has decided to pack up the hose for the last time after 20 years of dedicated service to Canada and the CF. He will retire from the CF on 15 Oct 08. Brad began his military career shortly after high school fulfilling a...
  • 14 Oct 2008

    WO Edward Storey, CD
    Ed Storey was born April, 1960 in Pembroke, Ontario. WO Storey joined the Primary Reserves – Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment on 9 May, 1978 and did his basic training at CFB Petawawa. While studying to become an Architectural...
  • 10 Oct 2008

    Capt Keast was born on 18 November 1953 in Pembroke, ON. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on the 25 January 1973 as an Electrical Generating Systems Technician. Upon completion of Basic Training in Cornwallis and subsequent trades...
  • 07 Oct 2008

    MWO Robert De Blois will be retiring on 07 October 2008 after 31 years of Loyal and Dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. MWO Robert De Blois was born on the 26 Dec 1960 in Sorel, Québec and grew up in Ile Perrot, west end of Montreal...
  • 23 Sep 2008

    On 23 Sept 2008, MCpl Dwayne Rose will be retiring from the Canadian Forces after 21 plus years of Loyal and Dedicated Service to Queen and Country. MCpl Rose was born in St John’s NL on 24 Aug 1962. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces in...
  • 21 Sep 2008

    Sergeant William (Bill) McDougall is retiring after 20 years of service on September 21, 2008. He was born in Burnaby, British Columbia; he started his Military Career in the fall of 1988 in Cornwallis, N.S. Upon completion of his Basic...
  • 19 Sep 2008

    MWO Cal George started his career with the 2nd Bn R Nfld R in Sept 67. After numerous exercises with the Regular Force and many summer camps, he advanced through the ranks to become CSM of A Company. During his time with the Reserve Forces...
  • 17 Sep 2008

    At the age of 19, Warrant Officer Mann Joined the Canadian forces on 12th August 1984 and attended recruit school in Winnipeg, MB on 13th August that same year. He completed his MSE OP QL3 15 February 1985 and transferred to Electrical...
  • 14 Sep 2008

    Warrant Officer Wayne White served 20+ years with the Canadian Armed Forces. After joining the CF from Saint John New Brunswick in April 1988, he was posted to CFB Shilo Manitoba with the 3rd Royal Canadian Horse Artillery where he served...
  • 07 Sep 2008

    1. CWO DAVE THORNE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CF 7 SEP 08 AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN MILITARY ENGINEERS AND THE CF    2. CWO THORNE JOINED THE MILITARY ENGINEER FAMILY IN JUNE 1972 AS A FIELD ENGINEER IN...
  • 05 Sep 2008

    MCpl Paul Robins decided in 1987 that working at the local A&P in Picton, Ontario wasn’t going to be the life for him. Paul wanted other challenges in life and decided that his interest in aircraft could be used in the Air Force. A...
  • 04 Sep 2008

    Sgt Andrews will retire from the Canadian Forces on the 04 September 2008, having completed 21 plus years of loyal and dedicated service. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces in Corner Brook Newfoundland as a Steward on 30 July 1987, after...
  • 04 Sep 2008

    WO Bob Clute, CD
    WO Robert Clute (Bob) joined the forces on 3 May 1986 as an infantry soldier. During his time with 1 RCR, Charles Company, London Ontario, he spent a lot of time away on various Field exercises that included trips to Denmark, Norway, and...
  • 03 Sep 2008

    Major Bruce Sand will be retiring after 26+ years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Military Engineers and the Canadian Forces with effect from 3 September 2008. Major Sand, his wife Letricia and his mother-in-law, Juliana...
  • 03 Sep 2008

     Joined the forces in Oct 83 as WTEP in St-Jean, Quebec • BDT in Borden where graduated 2 weeks early • PAT Platoon(OJT) for 6 Months in Maintenance Hangar 5 in Borden doing maintenance on Fire Trucks, maintaining SCBA’s and refilling air...
  • 02 Sep 2008

  • 29 Aug 2008

    Born in Sussex and raised in Havelock NB, he grew up on a farm and learned to improvise, make do, and fix things with haywire. Following high school graduation in 1975, he took a two year Civil Engineering Technology course at the New...
  • 27 Aug 2008

    Born in Bathurst New Brunswick, Warrant Officer Stephen Scott grew up on a small farm 15 km outside the city. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 03 April 1986 and following his basic training in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, he was posted to...
  • 25 Aug 2008

    Master Warrant Officer André Pinard was born on August 14, 1965 in Drummondville, Quebec. He graduated from high school in 1983 with a general auto mechanics course. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on April 26, 1984 in Trois-Rivières...
  • 25 Aug 2008

    Cpl Pelletier joined the Canadian Armed Forces on 20 Aug 1987 as a Nav Sig with the Navy and after 18 yrs of service, achieved the rank of PO 2nd Class. In 2005, he decided to become a WFE Tech and left the Navy to join the Air Force. Cpl...
  • 22 Aug 2008

    Master Warrant Officer Rejean Chiasson was born on 7 July 1954 in Lamèque, New Brunswick, and grew up in nearby Petite-Lamèque. He joined the Canadian Forces on 7 August 1973, in Bathurst, New Brunswick. At the time, his main goal was to...
  • 21 Aug 2008

    L’Adjum Hervé Pelletier est originaire de Ste-Perpétue dans le comté de l’Islet au Québec. Il s’est enrôlé dans les Forces Canadiennes le 21 Août 1973 et a suivi son cours de recrue à la BFC St-Jean QC. Après son cours de recrue, il...
  • 20 Aug 2008

    On Aug 20 2008, MCpl Michel Desgagne will be retiring after 20 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. Pte Desgagne enrolled in the CF at Sudbury, ONT. On April 5th, 1988; on April 22nd Pte Desgagne left for St-Jean-...
  • 19 Aug 2008

    Sgt Puttock joined the Canadian Forces on 26 May 1987 and completed the 10 week Basic Training Course at CFRS Cornwallis the same summer. After completion of 19 weeks of QL3 training at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering,...
  • 19 Aug 2008

    Sgt Mullenix joined the CF 22 Sept 1988 at CFRC Regina, SK. He began life in the Military by going to Cornwallis for Basic Training. Graduated from Basic Trg and went to CFB Borden for Basic Driver Trg for six weeks. Following the driver...
  • 18 Aug 2008

    Sgt Dow joined the CF 24 Sept 1975. After completing recruit training at Cornwallis he was posted to Petawawa where he trained as a Armour Corp soldier with the 8th Hussars. He then deployed with the 8CH to Cyprus in 3 Oct 1978. In June...
  • 18 Aug 2008

    Sgt Hubley joined the CF in Halifax on 4 July 1988. After completing Recruit school in Cornwallis and Battle School in Gagetown he was posted to the LdSH(RC), then in Calgary, in February 1989. During his 10 year stay at the Regiment he...
  • 18 Aug 2008

    Natif de Montréal, au Québec, l’Adjudant-maître Daniel St-Pierre grandit dans la magnifique région du Témiscouata. Il s’enrôle dans les Forces canadiennes le 28 avril 1982. Après avoir suivi son instruction de base puis une formation...
  • 15 Aug 2008

    On the 15th of August 2008 Cpl Dale Avery will be retiring after 20 years of dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. Cpl Avery joined the Canadian Forces in the summer of 1988 at Halifax, N.S. He attended recruit training at the recruit...
  • 15 Aug 2008

    CWO Rochon joined the CF 25 March 1973. After completing recruit and language training at St-Jean and Borden, he carried on to his level 3 trade qualifications in Chilliwack BC to become a Plumber Gas Fitter MOC 613. On completion, he...
  • 15 Aug 2008

    Spr Francis Perrier joined the Armed Forces on the 3rd of February 2005 in RouynNoranda Québec. He completed his basic training in St-Jean and was posted to CFB Borden pour 9 months awaiting the QL3. During that time frame he participated...
  • 13 Aug 2008

    1. On the 13th of August 2008 after 30 years of loyal and dedicated service, WO William Walz is retiring from the CF. 2. WO Walz commenced his career in October of 1978 as a Topographical Surveyor serving with the Mapping and Charting...
  • 10 Aug 2008

    MCpl Don Marentette will retire from the CF on 10 Aug 08 after 20 plus years of dedicated and loyal service. MCpl Marentette joined the CF on the 26th of July 1988. After completing Cornwallis and Infantry Battle School he was posted to 2...
  • 08 Aug 2008

    Sgt Sterling joined the Canadian Forces in October 1984 in Regina Saskatchewan. He completed recruit training at CFB Cornwallis in December 1984. After completing QL3 training in Chilliwack, he was posted to 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, 1...
  • 06 Aug 2008

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