He joined the Royal Flying Corps Canada at Camp Borden after having been turned down by the United States aviation corps.
Training was provided both by the Curtiss Aviation School at Long Branch near Toronto (land plane training) and Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island (for flying boat training), and in the United States.
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