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English Translation from Peter Hessel's Diary Aboard the M.S. Anna Salén in the northern North Sea, off the Scottish coast. Tuesday, June 17, 1952: On Friday (June 13th) I saw the tall ship Pamir, a German training vessel, in Bremen's Europa Port. On Saturday (June 14th) I was told at the …
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I am Prairie born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. Charles Haigh departed from Liverpool, England on March 5, 1912 aboard the RMS Corsican chartered by CP Line Atlantic Journey ID 5255. He was recorded as a single labourer on the …
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Albert Edward Murphy enrolled in the Number 6 District Depot for the Canadian Army (Active) at Halifax, NS on the 4th day of October 1944. His date of Discharge was July 23, 1946. He also served in the Merchant Navy for 9 months. On demobilization he guided the German prisoners on Pier 21. He had a …
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My father, Arthur Fisher (Pte. #M105058), was born in Hay Lakes, Alberta, November 11, 1922. His parents Emilge (Frederick) and Rudolph Fisher, were Russian immigrants. My grandfather was a well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. …
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I got married October 11th to Joan E. Wright who received notice to sail to Canada on the Queen Mary in June 1946. We met in Moncton and I introduced her to my family. We had to live with them until we found a place of our own. … Private Clarence Melville …
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Ada Elizabeth Mills was born in Woolidge, England. Woolidge is located in a working section of London. Her family moved to Reigate in county Surrey when Ada was eleven years old. When the war broke out in Europe in 1939, Ada, as most young women at the time, got a job in a factory in Reigate. …
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Pte. Herman Wallace Murray Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Born: Truro, NS, May 2, 1923 Died: Calgary, AB, March 14, 1979 aged 55 years Son of Gordon Murray, North River, Colchester County and Alma Murray, Ashcroft, Alberta Raised in North River, Colchester County and attended school …
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… Private Kenneth Hawkins …
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Williams, Mitchell Sherman "Will" "Bill" F39938 Sergeant, West Nova Scotia Regiment, Royal Canadian Army. Born on September 16, 1921 in Lockeport, Shelburne County; died August 8, 2002 in QEII Health Sciences Centre. Son of William Langille and Ethel (Enslow) Williams; Married to Dorothy "Doris" …
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My husband, Carl Fulford , and I were married on April 15, 1943 in Dundee, Scotland. My husband was with the Canadian Army (R.C.E.) and I was with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (W.A.A.F.). My daughter and I came to Canada on the Queen Mary in July 1946. We travelled by train to Kirkland Lake in …