1987 - Photo of CGG Colonel (Late Brigadier General) Thomas Kenneth Quinn, SBStJ, CD, ADC, LOM (USA) (1945-2021) wearing a CGG Tunic change of Command ceremony at Hamilton Military District (HMD) - Courtest of Col (Ret’d) James Charles Forsyth, CStJ, CD, CA.

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1987 - Photo of CGG Colonel (Late Brigadier General) Thomas Kenneth Quinn, SBStJ, CD, ADC, LOM (USA) (1945-2021) wearing a CGG Tunic change of Command ceremony at Hamilton Military District (HMD) - Courtest of Col (Ret’d) James Charles Forsyth, CStJ, CD, CA. Hamilton Military District staff in 1987 (Left to Right): outgoing Chief of Staff Maj A.F. MacDonald, outgoing Commander Col J.C. Forsyth, incoming Commander Col T.K. Quinn and Incoming Chief of Staff Maj H.F. Bailey. Photo: Courtesy of Colonel (Ret’d) James Charles Forsyth, CStJ, CD, CA. ABOUT THE CGG OFFICER Brigadier General Thomas Ken Quinn, SBStJ, CD, AdeC, LOM (USA) was born at St Marys Hospital in Montreal, QC, to Thomas Quinn and Winifred Quinn (nee Smith). He worked in the Oil and Gas industry for BP Canada and later for Petro Canada, until the early 1990s. Concurrently, he served in the Army Reserves beginning as a subaltern in the Canadian Grenadier Guards (Montreal) and eventually attaining the rank of Brigadier General and serving as the Director General of Army Reserves at the Headquarters in Ottawa. Upon leaving the civilian sector, Ken served full time with the military. Ken retired from this military job in 2000. Preferring to keep busy, his strong work ethic always had him involved in some type of volunteer positions at the Military Museum in Calgary, as well as at St. Johns Ambulance. Ken also took on a Property Management position for several years after retirement, of which he was quite fond of because he got to interact with people.

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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January 13, 2026

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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