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… France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 … Italy, Kelly witnessed a conflagration in the harbour. Earlier in the day a lone German plane had circled the site, it turned out to be a spy plane. Later, several more planes …
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… Che bella la Casetta in Canada – What A Beautiful Little House in Canada I remember … tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che passavano di là, dicevono che bella la …
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… mother and on welfare. She never dwelt on her relative poverty and set an example of pride in the children and their surroundings. She was … of German descent, spoke seven languages, and never went to school a day in her life. Until the invasion, the children spoke German and … Council. In 1952, sailing on the Beaverbrae and landing in Quebec City, the family immigrated to Canada, where they joined Lydia’s …
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… story began in January 1952 when our Dad came to Canada by himself to set things up before the rest of the family followed. He came aboard … to the snow and cold in our first house in Little Long Lac. Our short pants and leggings did not work out so well; the leggings got wet in the snow almost instantly. We did get long pants very soon. The lake next to us was frozen and the kids used to …
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… four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does … when I graduated. Always I wanted to be the top in the field I studied, and I knew I could achieve more. This was not my limit. And yet, … it change my father’s mind? But he said to her, I don’t want her to come back one day and say, you didn’t let me study further. After my …
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… my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. … Aunts & Grandparents visited non-stop and always left in tears. My best friend invited me to dinner to say a formal farewell. Our family … cheeks were so sore for ages. All I wanted was to explore the floating city. Finally, nametags were pinned on each of us and we headed up a …
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… giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I … or consider the risk involved. The following morning, Anne and I said good-bye to our parents and left by taxi. My favorite teacher, … was the largest I had ever seen. It was spectacular! The following day, we spotted an iceberg, and later, we sighted land. Then, on August …
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… gymnasium, and movies. So one was kept quite busy was well as the all day brunch. Every day my mother would take the dog out to exercise on a … Halifax my mother and I were given our Immigrant Status Card and we sat in a waiting room for customs and luggage. We were then shown where … was already established in business. The move to Canada was one of the best things that Father did, as we have had a wonderful life and Canada …
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… our country was at war. I joined, November 11, 1941 and remained until December 11, 1945. I requested to be a driver and loved the job. Basic … jeeps (one of which I drove up and then down the steps at the Old City Hall in Toronto during a Victory Loan gathering of thousands of … I became a motor mechanic; I took a course, and got 10 cents a day more! I used to give driving lessons to kids coming into Ordnance, …
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… old to travel. She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and French, … She was extremely proud to get her Canadian citizenship and she always said those who choose to come to Canada must give Canada their undying …