Harry DeWolf
| Harry DeWolf | |
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Commander Harry G. DeWolf, Commanding Officer, on the bridge of the destroyer HMCS Haida, 5 May 1944
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| Birth name | Henry George DeWolf |
| Nickname(s) | Hard-Over-Harry |
| Born |
26 June 1903 Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 18 December 2000 (aged 97) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Allegiance |
 Canada
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Canadian Navy
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| Years of service | 1918–1960 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMCS Festubert HMCS St. Laurent HMCS Haida HMCS Warrior HMCS Magnificent |
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| Awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches Canadian Forces Decoration Legion of Merit (United States) Légion d'honneur (France) |
Vice Admiral Henry George "Harry" DeWolf CBE, DSO, DSC, CD (26 June 1903 – 18 December 2000) was a Canadian naval officer who was famous as the first commander of HMCS Haida during the Second World War.
DeWolf was born in Bedford, Nova Scotia. His father owned and operated DeWolf & Sons, a ship brokerage business.
DeWolf entered the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1918 at age 15 when he attended the Royal Naval College of Canada at Esquimalt, British Columbia. The original RNCC had been destroyed in the Halifax Explosion the previous winter.
DeWolf graduated from RNCC in 1921 and was sent on an exchange with the Royal Navy to serve on board the battleship HMS Resolution. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1924 and took a six-month course in gunnery, torpedoes and navigation at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Returning to Canada in the summer of 1925, he was posted to one of the RCN's two destroyers, HMCS Patriot.
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