Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Hendy, Robert I.
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Description area
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History
The Tri-Service Identities Organization (TRIO) was founded in Toronto, Ontario in August 1966, to represent the views of former military personnel and the public opposed to the unification of the three branches of the armed services (Army, Navy, Air Force) in Canada in 1968. The organization was disbanded in 1969. Among its chief officers were Charles McNair formerly of the navy, Douglas Harvey (RCAF), Air Marshall Curtis (first chancellor of York University), and Robert Hendy. Many of the same personnel active with Tri-Service had been involved earlier with a predecessor body known as the Canadian Defence Advisory Committee, which began protesting against the Liberal government of the day when the unification plan was first announced in 1965.