service number question

[Dan Martel]

So the clues we have are:

1) Member of the Royal Canadian Navy
2) Death was post February 1952 (Elizabeth II)
3) Death as a result of military action

I'm thinking of checking the list of sailors who were killed in the latter stages of the Korean War.

I would also guess that NQ might mean 'No Qualification' or 'Not Qualified,' meaning that he was not yet trained in a specific trade. But, as I say, this is just a guess on my part.

Cheers,
Dan.

[Mike Cecil]

The abbreviation for a member of the RAN would be:

AB = Able Seaman

NQ = Navigation Qualification/Navigation Qualified that is, has passed the Long Navigation Course, which I understand was both nearshore/inshore and open ocean navigation.

As most Commonwealth navies (RAN, RN, RCN, RNZN, etc) operated under similar structures, I would assume the abbreviations in this case would be the same.

Mike C