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… Convent which was bombed one night while she was in Sick Bay. Her Artillary Officer Capt. Price was killed. She was lucky that she had fallen ill. The Canadian Unit was next door. Mum met our father Gunner …
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… out disbandment of AA Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to Sunday evening 3. hauling stores from … residing at the Veterans Wing at Hi-Crest Nursing Home in Springhill. Ralston's army photo …
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… They brought us some spaghetti but it tasted like the stuff from the can. I played cards and looked out the window. We arrived in Toronto on … --- That’s Adolph’s story. The Di Mambro family settled in Richmond Hill, Ontario eventually, after a five-year stay in Willow dale, a …
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… to try something to new, and heard that things were much better in Canada. He immigrated to Canada in March of 1927. My parents were unable to travel together, as … Holland". In the months that followed, my baby sister Marie had become ill and soon passed away. The cause of her death was never known due to …
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… Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest … province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our country to get peace so we could go back. … the good news. I stopped everything and hugged everybody to share my feeling. I left the school to confirm the notice board. I called my wife …
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… Advice to Potential Immigrants Time 0:01:51 Transcript I think—I think the first thing is you’re open-minded, okay. Uh you have to look at Canada do welcome you, okay. You have to come, again, not thinking what you had, …
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… of his working life. He died at age 96 on June 16, 2018 in the Camp Hill Memorial Hospital, Halifax. He was buried next to his loving wife …
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… My Father Karl and my Mother Leni, farmed in East Germany, in a small village called Prislich ( Landkreis Ludwigslust im Land Mecklenburg). … unfair and unjust practices. It was difficult to meet the quotas and still provide for his family. Soon he came into conflict with officials … near the village of Glenella, Manitoba. Gradually my Father bought more land and from 1959 to 1971 had a mixed farming operation with …
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… “A” student throughout elementary and high school and graduated from Chilliwack Senior Secondary School in 1967 . He then enrolled at the … government. Oscar wrote in the final edition of Paranoia " Paranoia will provide any interested historians with a written record of what … to provide his expertise as a freelance writer until he became ill and was diagnosed and operated on for cancer. In 2012 he had three …
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… interviews across the country with newcomers to Canada, to learn more about their personal immigration experiences. Click below to watch …