E.H. Nessel was one of several RC Sigs personel who left the army and went to work for the Department of Transport when that department began operations in the north and took over the old Signals stations..

Time in Service: February 10, 1948 - January 16, 1958
Regimental Number: SM 6952
Highest rank attained: Corporal
Served in Brochet, Manitoba from 1949 to 1951
Served in Hay River, NWT from 1951 to 1956
Served in Ladner, BC 1956 to 1958

Howard Nessel passed away in 1971