Experiences
Ron Kurelo has served with many organizations and countries, most of his experience is as follows:
- Retired Lieutenant in Canadian Forces Reserves
- Served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
-
-Served with the Ontario Provincial Police
-
-Served with Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
As a member of an Army Veteran's group of international soldiers, Ron has parachuted with the militaries of the following countries:
- Republic of China; Taiwan Army
- Peoples Republic of China
- United States of America
- Israeli Defence Force
- Republic of South Africa
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Mongolian Army
- Netherlands
For more than 30 years, Ron was a weapons supplier and instructor in the film industry. He has worked on 100+ films stemming from Hollywood, Asia, Europe, and his home country of Canada. ( Shown above on set being directed by John Woo )
Volunteered in the United Nations tsunami relief mission in Thailand; 2005
Ron has traveled extensively throughout Asia, with particular interest in China.
He has lived in a summer residence in Northern Manchuria, 30 miles from the North Korean border
He is currently writing a six part book series loosely based on experiences, and the real history of 1920's Shanghai. It chronicles the life of a Canadian serving alongside the Shanghai Police, true to the 1920's.
