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  • Flight Lt. O. Ross Down
    … young man from Charlottetown who joined the RCAF in 1940, trained in Canada as a wireless-operator/air-gunner and left for overseas from … little information available so two of us were given permission to visit Eastern Command H.Q. I can still see the startled looks we got … In his retirement he was employed with a travel agency and was able to visit some of the places where he had served during WW2. In 1945 F/L …
  • Jane Helders
    … a job in Toronto as a messenger at the Imperial Bank of Canada. Gerald visited Holland in 1955 and 1957. He looked me up and something clicked … my birthday March 28 (I turned 28), we became engaged. I promised to come to Canada as soon as possible. I did not consider myself an … smoke. We were getting so dirty. What kind of backward country did I come to? Why had Gerald never told me about these oldfashioned trains? …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) Introduction … Sweden in December 1948, illustrated that admitting and processing newcomers to Canada remained largely influenced by several factors … (hereafter LAC), Department of Citizenship and Immigration fonds, RG 26, vol. 143, file 3-40-21 “Statistics Ten Years Post-War Immigration,” …
  • Sapper Melvin E. Clark
    … star Italy Star France Germany Star Defense of Britain Medal CVSM (Can Volunteer Service Medal) Victory Medal …
  • Private Harry Heinz
    … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … the whole country – to Pier 21. It is a very humbling experience to visit the Pier. As troops or immigrants, one can only imagine how …
  • Private Ella Heinz Rinder
    … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … the whole country – to Pier 21. It is a very humbling experience to visit the Pier. As troops or immigrants, one can only imagine how …
  • Umeeda Switlo and Lella Umedaly
    … Life in Uganda - The Ismaili Community Time 0:01:32 Transcript Umeeda Switlo (US): When we were growing up we had— communities were divided in that, white people went to white schools, … Umeeda Switlo and Lella Umedaly …
  • Sgt. Elroy Heinz
    … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … the whole country – to Pier 21. It is a very humbling experience to visit the Pier. As troops or immigrants, one can only imagine how …
  • L/Cpl William Heinz
    … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … the whole country – to Pier 21. It is a very humbling experience to visit the Pier. As troops or immigrants, one can only imagine how …
  • Emmanuel and Rose Flaig
    … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … the whole country – to Pier 21. It is a very humbling experience to visit the Pier. As troops or immigrants, one can only imagine how …

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