We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Frank Plank, CD (Ret'd) who passed away unexpectedly on 23 January 2002 in Kelowna, BC.
Frank joined the Royal Canadian Engineers as a Sapper Apprentice in July 1953, commencing training with Apprentice Training Squadron 2nd Intake at the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering in Camp Chilliwack. Graduating in 1955, he was posted to 1 Field Squadron, Petawawa, ON. This tour included summer projects working on construction at Canadian Forces Station Alert, in Canada's High Arctic. Frank was then posted to 4 Field Squadron, Fort Victoria, Germany in 1957 and returned to 1 Field Squadron in 1960.
During this second 1 Field Squadron posting, he served a tour with the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in Egypt. In 1968, he left 1 Field Squadron to join 1 Airborne Field Squadron with the newly formed Airborne Regiment in Edmonton, AB. In 1976, Frank was posted to the Training Standards Squadron at the Canadian at Forces School of Military Engineering, Chilliwack where he retired in 1978 at the rank of Sergeant - completing 25 years of service. In retirement, Frank also returned to CFSME as Class 'C' Reserve with Field Engineering Training Squadron.