Commander Donald Clark CD RCN Ret'd 1915 2007 Born 7 September 1915 at 111 Fotheringay Road, Pollockshields, Glasgow, Scotland and died 12 January 2007 at Saanich Peninsula Hospital. Donald was the son of Dr. Donald Clark MB ChB (Glasgow 1907) and Esther Thomson. Donald was also the last surviving grandson of James Rodger Thomson of J&G Thomson Shipbuilding, Clydebank, Scotland and Marion Paterson Neilson daughter of William Neilson of Orbiston House, Bothwell, Scotland; and Councillor William Shearer Clark of Wishaw, Scotland and his wife Margaret Dawson Jack. Donald was predeceased by his beloved wife Phoebe in 1984 and son Grant in 2005. He was also predeceased by his father (1928), mother (1973) and siblings Marion Elma Clark (1992), James Thomson Clark (1914) and William Shearer Clark (2002) and his step-mother Jessie McDonald Baxter of Sydney, Australia (1955). Donald is survived by his loving daughter Anne Lynch at the family home in Sidney, BC. Donald was born during World War I and did not see his father until the wars' end in 1918 when Capt. Donald Clark, Royal Army Medical Corps returned home after serving in France and Greece. The family broke up in the early 1920's with Dr. Clark eventually settling and remarrying in Salonika, Greece where he founded Harman Keiu Hospital. The effects of both diabetes and malaria ravaged Dr. Clark's health and he and his new wife moved to Australia where he died in 1928. Esther and the children came to Canada in 1928 and settled in Montreal. Donald was placed in Weredale House Orphanage for Boys in 1929 and stayed there until 1933. By 1938, Donald had worked for RCAVictor and the Foxboro Instrument Company in Montreal and was an apprentice electrician. In 1940, Donald joined the RCNVR and, after receiving his journeyman's papers, worked on radar at the National Research Council with installations following and transferred to the RCN in 1945. In the RCN, Donald became heavily involved in shipbuilding and helped write the manual for Principal Naval Overseers as well as overseeing the building of HMCS Nipigon and HMCS Bras d'Or in Sorel, Quebec. Donald then had come full circle from the founding of the shipyard of J&G Thomson (later to be John Brown) in 1840 by his great grandfather George Thomson to overseeing the building of warships for the Canadian Navy in the 1960's. Donald retired from the RCN in 1966 and became a successful realtor in Victoria. He gradually retired from his second career and became caregiver after his beloved Phoebe had a severe stroke in 1975. Donald will be sorely missed by his daughter Anne who dedicated her family research to him and so enjoyed their 54 years of fishing together. He will also be missed by many family members and friends not only here in Canada but in Scotland, England, New Zealand, and Australia, and of course the "very best neighbours anyone could have ". My heartfelt thanks to Dr. Linda Wilson, nurse Mary Chee and all the people at Veterans Affairs who did so much to make Dad comfortable and enabled him to stay in his own home. By request, there will be a gathering in Donald's honour at a later date. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations to Saanich Peninsula Hospital in memory of Donald would be greatly appreciated. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mccallbros.com . 331006