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Antonietta e Dario Nobile …
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Umberto Andreis …
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Alfonso came to Canada in 1953, at the age of 18, to join his brother and work in construction. He was reunited not only with his brother Mario, but also with his sister Nanda, and his oldest sister Restituta, whom he had never met before that day in May of 1953. His intention was to work in Canada …
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Editor's Note: The following memoir is based on an interview that was conducted by Elinor Maher and Beverly MacLellan for the Colchester Historical Society Museum & Archives as part of the museums Year of the War Bride research and exhibit of 2006. The Pier 21 Society would like to thank Ms. Maher, …
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Leland M. Pratt of Belmont left Halifax from Pier 21 aboard the Andes of Britain in May of 1941, aged 17. On board ship Lee was in charge of two grenade guns. Lee he was in the Army Provost Corps [police service] when he met his future wife, Audrey Smith , a young woman from England. Previously Lee …
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My brother joined the military when he was nineteen leaving our newly widowed mother to run the farm with the help of an older brother who was not well enough to serve overseas. At Aldershot he was chosen for a special group of about forty men who took a specialized training in combat duty for …
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Flight Lt. James K.B. Purves …
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Pte George Norvil Quigley …
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LAC John H.C. Read …
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Major Robert Reid …