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… Families 1956 My family, mother, father, brother and I, arrived in Halifax in Feb. … and curiosity. While on board the Britannic waiting to dock I became aware of the requirement that upon arrival we were to be taken to a …
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… The ship was S.S. Groote Beer . I was 18 years old, no English and on my own when I passed through Pier 21 on October 30 1956. I was … all the way to Calgary, Alberta, with no connection in Calgary. Now on my 60th Anniversary as a Canadian citizen, a mother of four great …
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… Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several refugee camps in Yugoslavia and …
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… 1942, I sailed on the Empress if Japan to Scotland. I was 23 at the time. The Empress was a cruise liner built to carry 1800 passengers. For … she carried some 6000 troops! It was so crowded I never did find my assigned lifeboat during the 7 day trip! Another memory was that I … 1945, I returned to Canada on the hospital ship Letitia. I was 26 at the time. This was a memorable trip in several respects. The ship …
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… My mother passed away at the age of 86. She loved her adopted country … to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member …
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… In September 1956, my mother and father and three of us children escaped from Przunac, Croatia … (which was then part of the communist Yugoslavian government) in my father's boat. My father took eleven individuals in the boat with …
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… Mother and I began our venture to Canada in October, 1953 where we left on board the TSS Olympia on its maiden voyage, covering a route similar to the … of seasickness among the crew and passengers. However, we had entertainment brought on board with a small vessel, as it was too rough to dock. …
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… of origin: Germany We left Bayreuth in Bavaria in the back of a USA Army 2 1/2 truck for the long ride to Bremen, our departure point. I will … put in bunks and women were separated from the men in their own areas. My mother and I arrived in Halifax July 3rd and I remember a …
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… Single Men and Women June 6, 1952 – Waterman I well remember the day that I disembarked from the MS Waterman in Halifax NS on June … about all the dry goods, sheets and towels, blankets, curtains that my mother had insisted I take with me together with my own prize …