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Remains of WWI soldiers finally laid to rest
By Gavin Wood – Regina, Sask. Sgt. Archibald Wilson was born on Feb. 12, 1892 in Wilten, Stirling, Scotland. He came to Canada in the early 1900s along with several siblings [continue…]
WWII
Precious Memories
WWII service took him all over Europe
By Cecil Moffatt – Regina, Sask. After two years in the reserve army unit, I stepped forward and volunteered for active duty on July 10, 1941. Full medical and registration came [continue…]
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‘I observed enemy aircraft in the area’
By Robert Hislop – Shellbrook, Sask. I joined the army, light infantry, in Saskatoon on Nov. 18, 1941. I was Private L3017. I took basic training in Saskatoon and Jolliette, Quebec. [continue…]
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RCAF Women’s Division 1945
Personnel of the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division stationed at No.6 Operational Training Unit (Royal Canadian Airforce Schools and Training Units), RCAF Comox, British Columbia, April 24, 1945. – [continue…]
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Spent most of his war service aboard destroyers
By Tom Newcomb – Kamloops, B.C. As a boy growing up on a farm in the Ridgedale, Sask. area, I’d planned on making the navy my lifetime career. I joined at [continue…]
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Fourth off landing craft ramp at Juno Beach
By Garth Combs – Airdrie, Alta. I was born on Sept. 10, 1922 at Deloraine, Man., and joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment on Jan. 6, 1942. I was a rifleman [continue…]
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Strong bonds of friendship were made
By Lorna (Rogers) Finstad – Armstrong, B.C. Harry Milan Finstad served active duty from July 1941 to Feb. 11, 1946 in England, Burma, and India. During WWII, hundreds of young women and [continue…]
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RAF airmen welcomed into hearts and home
By Mary Olson – Athabasca, Alta. I was 6 to 12 years old during WWII and so remember quite a bit that went on here in Alberta. The RAF Flying Training School [continue…]