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

  • 09 Feb 2009

    WO Denis Baril joined the CF in Oct 1984 where he attended Recruit School at Cornwallis. From there he went to Chilliwack BC to attend his TQ3 Field Engineer course where he placed very well. He was one of the few 8 or 9 soldiers who...
  • 09 Feb 2009

    CME Badge
    Lance Gelinas signed up in Ottawa, ON, joining the CF in August 1980. Following recruit school in Cornwallis, he was transferred to CFB Kingston for his TQ3 Teletype and Cipher technical training. Having attained the top mark on his course...
  • 06 Feb 2009

    1. AFTER 24 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED SVC TO THE CF AND CFDS, WO DESMARAIS WILL COMMENCE RETIREMENT FROM THE CF 06 FEB 2009……. 2. A LUNCHEON IS PLANNED FOR AT THE MOXIE’S CLASSIC BAR AND GRILL AT 1976 OGILVIE ROAD OTTAWA, ON, ON FRI 6 FEB 09...
  • 26 Jan 2009

    LCol Gaétan Morinville, CD
    LCol Morinville joined the Canadian Forces in November 1980 as a Firefighter (MOC 651). Upon completion of language training and a basic firefighter course, he was posted to CFB Shearwater. During this tour he was accelerated promoted by...
  • 23 Jan 2009

  • 23 Jan 2009

    Born in Havre saint-Pierre, Capt Martin Boudreau enrolled on the 18 Dec 1970 as a Firefighter. He started his training on the 21 Mar 1971 at St-Jean followed up with English training from Jun to Sep of that year. From Oct 71 to Jan 72 he...
  • 20 Jan 2009

     It is my pleasure to announce the retirement of MWO Jerry Childs. Jerry will be falling out of our engineer ranks on 20 Jan 2009, following 23 plus years of dedicated and loyal service to the Canadian Military Engineer Branch. Master...
  • 19 Jan 2009

    On the 19 January 2009, Master Warrant Officer Greg Wagner will be retiring after 27 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the Engineer Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. MWO Greg Wagner was born April 1st, 1957 in Ste-Foy, Quebec...
  • 19 Jan 2009

    1. MWO DAVE JOHNSON IS RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CF. HE WILL COMMENCE HIS RETIREMENT LEAVE ON 13 OCT 08 AND HIS LAST DAY WITH THE CF IS 19 JAN 09. HIS RETIREMENT WILL BE SHORT SINCE...
  • 18 Jan 2009

    MWO Samms was born in Woodville Newfoundland. He enrolled in the Canadian Armed forces in 1977 as an infantryman. Pte Samms started training in Cornwallis Nova Scotia on 08 Aug 1977 and after completing his Basic Training he was posted to...
  • 15 Jan 2009

    Born in Ste-Foy, Québec, QC, MWO Jobin enrolled in the Canadian Forces on April 26, 1978 as a Firefighter. He started his basic training on May 07, 1978 at StJean-sur -Richelieu followed up with Basic English training from July 78 to...
  • 14 Jan 2009

    MCpl Cecil King will be retiring from the Canadian Forces on 14 Jan 09 after 21 years of loyal and dedicated service. Cecil joined the CF on 14 Jan 1988 at CF RC St. Johns, NL. After completing recruit training at CF RS Cornwallis he was...
  • 13 Jan 2009

    After 32 years, and 4 months of dedicated regular service, MWO Kim Lund will be retiring on January 13, 2009. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Master-Warrant Officer Lund immigrated to Canada in 1957. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on...
  • 09 Jan 2009

    WO Vic Broszmann is retiring on 3 Dec 08 after 23 years of dedicated service to the CF. He was born in Picton On, but grew up in Petawawa. He joined the Canadian Forces in Ottawa and started his military career in May 1986 at the Canadian...
  • 06 Jan 2009

    Sergeant Kevin Dean was born in Pembroke, Ontario. He originally started his military career in February 1986 with 1st Royal New Brunswick Regiment, an Infantry Reserve Unit in Fredericton. He then enrolled in the Regular Force on 5...
  • 05 Jan 2009

    Major Braid enrolled in the Navy as a Hull Technician in 1977 and proceeded to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cornwallis for basic training and then CFB Esquimalt for some on-the-job training. During his TQ3 training at the Fleet School in...
  • 31 Dec 2008

    Captain Rau signed up in Winnipeg Manitoba joining the Canadian Armed Forces in Oct 1979 as a Fire Fighter. Following recruit school in Cornwallis, he was transferred to CFB Borden for his QL 3 course. Upon completion, he was posted to CFB...
  • 28 Dec 2008

    WO Ken Brown joined the Canadian Forces as a reservist in the Communication Reserves in Borden, Ontario in 1983. Remustering to a Reserve Lineman in 1984 he participated in EX Fallex in Germany in 1985. Coming from a military family...
  • 28 Dec 2008

    Major Steve Lane will be retiring from the Canadian Forces on 28 December 2008 after a 17 year career in the military and considerable experience prior to enrollment. He obtained his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of...
  • 23 Dec 2008

    WO Stephan Pepiot will be retiring on 23 Dec 08, after 30+ years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. WO Stephan Pepiot was born in St-Lambert, South shore of Montreal, Quebec in a family of 4 children. He joined the CF...
  • 12 Dec 2008

    Master Warrant Officer Chuck Bailey was born at Fogo, Newfoundland and enrolled in the CF at St John’s in Nov 1975 as an Infanteer. After basic training in Cornwallis he was posted to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa with the 3rd...
  • 02 Dec 2008

    CWO Ed Brennan is retiring from the CF on the 02 Dec 2008 after 24 plus years of dedicated services to the CF. Born in Bonavista (hometown Stock Cove) Newfoundland 1965, Ed joined the CF in May 1983 (YTEP) as a Marine Engineer (Stoker)....
  • 01 Dec 2008

    Le sergeant Laprade s’est enrôlé dans les Forces Canadiennes le 19 Janvier 1988 en tant qu`ingénieur de combat. En Mars 89 après son entraînement de niveau de qualification 3 Génie, il fut muté au 5e RGC à Valcartier dont il a du participé...
  • 01 Dec 2008

    Master Warrant Officer Phil Hinchey enrolled in the Canadian Forces in March 1980 in Saint John, New Brunswick. While on his basic recruit training, he participated in the performance oriented electronics training and was reassigned to the...
  • 30 Nov 2008

    WO Eric Flamand will be retiring on 30 November 2008, after 27+ years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces. WO Eric Flamand was born on the 03 Jan 1964 in Chicoutimi, Québec and grew up in the Saguenay region. He joined...
  • 24 Nov 2008

    Born in Newport, in Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspesie (Quebec), Master-Warrant Officer Denis Grenier enrolled in the Canadian Forces on March 1st, 1972. After his basic training in St-Jean, he went for six months on a second language course in...
  • 22 Nov 2008

    Career Experience 2007 – 2008 Ottawa ON Assistant Chief of Military Engineer Realty Asset and Environmental advisor to the operational commands. Project Management advisor to the operational commands. Strategic Capability Planning....
  • 19 Nov 2008

    1. WO BILL (SPIDER) MOORE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE REG F EFFECTIVE 20 NOV 08 AFTER COMPLETING 38 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. 2. BILL ENROLLED AS A CBT ENGR 22 OCT 1969. DURING HIS 39 YRS OF SERVICE, BILL SERVED AT...
  • 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...

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