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Arnold John Tobey served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Read and listen to his testimony below.
Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Transcript
A shipwright, I was shipwright [in HMCS Poundmaker, a frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy]. That’s what I was. I wasn’t on deck. Well, anything that breaks down, he’s [the shipwright] got to be able to fix it. It’s a carpenter, whatever you want to call it. But a shipwright, that’s what the navy calls you. Well, anything that, when they come and get you, to fix something, you’re there to do it for them.
