Cyrill Reynold SPRACKLIN was born in Brigus,
Newfoundland on 27 July 1895. “Sprack” was the son of Thomas and Edith (Norman) Spracklin and his father was a whaling captain.
He originally
studied land based telegraphy ane he later worked for the Marconi Company as a
wireless operator on ships running between Halifax and Boston.
When the war broke out, he enlisted in the RNCVR
and he was one of the first operators assigned to the Barrington Passage
Wireless Station in April 1915.
He also served on H.M.C.S. Hochelaga and H.M.T.
Telenachus as part of his wartime tour of duty.
He met his wife Evelyn May Farrell at
Barrington and they were married at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 8 July
1920.
His operators duties
further brought him from
Barrington to Cape Race, Nfld., St.John N.B., Sable Island and Halifax, Nova
Scotia. “Sprack” was O.I.C. at Camperdown from 1935 to 1948.
Cyrill spent many more years with Radio
regulations and Monitoring, he died at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on 24 March 1984
(Adapted from” The Barrington Passage Wireless
Station” with the gracious permission of Michael Christie
)
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1961 Retirement
Born in Brigus, Newfoundland, "Sprack" Spracklin entered the radio field in 1911 as an operator with Canadian Marconi
at the old Cape Ray Station. He
served in various positions until 1915 and then joined the RCN Volunteer Reserve, to which all marine and fisheries communications
personnel were attached during World War I.
In 1919 he joined the
government service and spent the
following years at direction finding
stations at Barrington, Cape Race,
Red Head, Chebucto Head, the Halifax office and Camperdown. Transferred
from Camperdown in 1949 after 14 years
there, he went to Hartlen Point
monitoring station, where he
remained until his retirement.
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Cyrill Reynold SPRACKLIN est né à Brigus, Terre-Neuve le 27 Juillet 1895. "Sprack"
était le fils de Thomas et Edith (Norman) Spracklin et son père était un
capitaine baleinier.
Originalement, il étudia la télégraphie terrestre et, plus tard, il travailla
pour la Compagnie Marconi en tant qu'opérateur sans-filiste sur les navires,
voyageant entre Halifax et Boston.
Lorsque la guerre éclata, il se porta volontaire à la Réserve Navale Canadienne
et il fut l'un des premiers opérateurs assignés à la station sans-fil du Passage
Barrington en Avril 1915.
Il
servit également sur le H.M.C.S. Hochelaga et sur le H.M.T. Telenachus durant la
guerre..
Sa
femme Evelyn May Farrell était à Barrington et ils furent mariés à Halifax,
Nouvelle-Écosse le 8 Juillet 1920.
En
tant qu'opérateur , il passa par les stations de Cape Race, Terre-Neuve,
St-Jean, Nouveau- Brunswick, à l'Île de Sable et à Halifax. "Sprack" fut
responsable de la station de Camperdown de 1935 à 1948.
Cyrill continua pendant plusieurs années dans la Réglementation de la radio et
dans le contrôle des émissions à Hartlen Point en Nouvelle Écosse. Il décéda à
Dartmouth le 24 Mars 1984.
(Adapté
du livre " The Barrington Passage Wireless Station" avec la gracieuse permission de Michael Christie ) par
Laval.
