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  • Pte / Flt Sgt Arthur Wright
    … England on May 19, 1898 the son of Robert Wright and Elizabeth Wright (nee Harfield). Arthur had two older brothers, Christopher Robert born … land. He also acted as a scout (a soldier that at night would worm his way across the no-man's land between the lines) and attempt to draw the … food. Entries in his pay records show that he was paid one dollar a day and an extra ten cents a day when in the trenches. He called the …
  • Monica Forberger
    … General My Hungarian father and German mother and I arrived on what we later referred to as "that floating walnut shell," after a miserable … of the aisle in the train and I recall everyone had to fight their way around the trunk and me. One Canadian soldier, returning home from … in hand, and stopped me from making myself violently ill. On the four-day train trip I became quite ill with a fever of 104 degrees F. A …
  • Pocket Change by Ken
    Time 0:02:45 Transcript From its creation out of Lake Agassiz to today, Lake Winnipeg has long been generous to those who understood its opportunity. lt has been a supplier of food to my family and other peoples from lceland who settled along its shores. Lake Winnipeg also provided the spark that …
  • My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu
    Time 0:03:20 Transcript I was born and raised in Shanghai; I graduated from university in 1989, fortunately, I had my education free, and I was guaranteed job. My wife and I experienced China’s economy take off and we benefited from that growth, but not always. In 2011, we took one month and half …
  • AE Didi Murphy
    … Children August 1, 1953 - Waterman We left Holland on July 24, 1953 and arrived in Halifax August 1, 1953 … spent most of the voyage in a bunk seasick and not liking the water anyway, she was not a happy person at all. We were too young to understand …
  • Quarantine at Pier 21 Made Coming to Canada feel like being put in Jail
    … Being quarantined at Pier 21 meant a rough start to their Canadian adventure for … arrived at Pier 21 and the real challenge began. “After eight days we arrived in Halifax. However we were not to continue our journey as … Quarantine at Pier 21 Made Coming to Canada feel like being put in Jail …
  • Finding Peace by Selene
    … Time 0:03:06 Transcript Coming back to Mexico after two years living in Canada was exciting, we met with our family; enjoy our house with our son, it was a dream come true, right? Well the reality woke us up abruptly. We found soldiers on the streets, the Mexican government had a war with the drug …
  • Stefan - London by Stefan
    … spot to be helped by the United Nations. After a year, my grandpa died, because he had no one to take care of him. We got accepted to … in a factory as a labourer. It was a hard job for him, but he never complained. I also worked there too, for one summer. When metal is …
  • A Match Made on the North Atlantic
    … two heads together. That was our first beautiful kiss. We enjoyed the company of each other throughout our trip. We had many walks around the …
  • Bruce Eldon Myron Evans Ray
    … returned home in December 1945 in the company of 75 officers and men. We left Liverpool on a converted ore carrier on the 12th. The ship had … Italy and Sicily, and the Netherlands and Germany. I was in Holland on V.E. Day after I spent three months in the hospital in Belgium because …

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