Interview with Chief Petty Officer Second Class (Ret'd) Arnold Yates (February 24, 2022)

Interviewer: Samantha Olson Interviewee: Interview with Chief Petty Officer Second Class (Ret'd) Arnold Yates An interview/narrative of Arnold Yates' experiences serving in the Royal Canadian Navy. Interview took place on February 24, 2022 over a video call. ABSTRACT: 0:00 – 8:00 – Childhood, schooling, joining the RCN, basic training, path from OS to CPO. 8:00 – 12:30 – Teaching seamanship at Royal Roads, duties of a CPO, the differences between sea duty and shore duty. 12:30 – 18:25 – Duties as a drill instructor, duties of a boatswain, and the training of junior officers. 18:25 – 26:46 – Relationship with officers, the advisory roles of the boatswain, CPO as an intermediary between NCM Corps and Officer Corps. 26:46 – 33:48 – CPO’s role monitoring the morale of sailors, culture at sea, difficulties for sailors. 33:48 – 45:34 – Personal recollections, sailing from Victoria to Hawaii, advancing through the ranks, time on the HMCS Oriole, participation in the Captain Cook Bicentennial. 45:34 – Leaving the RCN, retirement, family, and working with Victoria Harbour ferries.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Olson, Samantha
• Yates, Arnold, 1945-

Subject

• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy
• Yates, Arnold, 1945-
• Military morale
• Armed Forces--Petty officers
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Armed Forces--Officers
• Military history
• Armed Forces--Officers--Training of
• Royal Roads University
• Personal narratives

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Interview #SC141_YA_899

Keyword

• Captain Cook Bicentennial
• Royal Roads
• Boatswain
• HMCS Oriole
• Sail training
• Sea cadets
• Training
• Ordinary Seaman
• NCM Corps
• HMCS Cornwallis
• Morale and welfare
• Chief Petty Officer
• Drill instructor
• Seamanship
• Sea culture
• Chief Petty Officer Second Class

Date created

• February 24, 2022

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews (HIST 426, Spring 2022).

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:48:53

Alternative title

• The Roles, Duties, and Recollections of Chief Petty Officers in the RCN

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• interviews
• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2022-020; Series: V; Item: 899

Fonds title

• Military Oral History collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• February 24, 2022

Technical note

• Interview done through an online video call, MP4, 699.4 MB. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/9ay2-0t26