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    Una Sinclair Golding (Primary Source)

    Una Sinclair Golding served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during the Second World War.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8636_600.jpg Una Sinclair Golding (Primary Source)

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    Val Rimer (Primary Source)

    Val Rimer served as a gunner operator with the Army during the Second World War. He was part of the Canadian force that took part in the Italian Campaign.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/672_600.jpg Val Rimer (Primary Source)

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    Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon (Primary Source)

    Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division during the Second World War. She was stationed in Ontario and Quebec, working as a photographer.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8197_original.jpg Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon (Primary Source)

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    Vera Peel (Primary Source)

    Vera Peel served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8444_600.jpg Vera Peel (Primary Source)

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    Verna Ritchie (Primary Source)

    "Early '44, the call came for three Red Cross girls to go to St. Dunstan's, which was the rehabilitation centre for war blind in England, and I was one of the three." See below for Ms. Ritchie's entire testimony. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/VernaRitchie/8543_538.jpg Verna Ritchie (Primary Source)

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    Vernon Barr (Primary Source)

    Vernon Barr served in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/6151_original.jpg Vernon Barr (Primary Source)

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    Victor George Martin (Primary Source)

    In 2009, The Memory Project interviewed Victor Martin, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born on 25 November 1921, Martin enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, in August 1940 at the age of 18. He trained for six weeks in Halifax before entering active service. In this testimony, Martin discusses working on various ships traversing the North Atlantic, including attempts to locate and sink enemy vessels such as the Bismarck, Germany’s largest battleship. (See Battle of the Atlantic.) Martin was discharged from the navy in August 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, after five years of service, having achieved the rank of leading seaman. After the war, he worked as a locomotive engineer with Canadian National Railway. Martin died in Sarnia, Ontario, on 11 May 2019 at the age of 97. 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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    Victor Eric Wong (Primary Source)

    "“Why should you go when you’re not even a Canadian?” So we all decided in our town hall meetings that the best way to do is to go and sign up and go and come back and lobby for the franchise. This is exactly what we did." Victor Eric Wong served in the Canadian Army and the British Army's Force 136 during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong's entire testimony. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/VictorEricWong/2446_original.jpg Victor Eric Wong (Primary Source)

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    Vivia Emily Stewart (Primary Source)

    Vivia Stewart served in Scotland with the British Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/6998_original.jpg Vivia Emily Stewart (Primary Source)

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    Vivian Phillips (Primary Source)

    Vivian Phillips was stationed in Newfoundland with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/13625_original.jpg Vivian Phillips (Primary Source)

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    W. Harvey Willis (Primary Source)

    Harvey Willis  served with the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8857_600.jpg W. Harvey Willis (Primary Source)

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    W. Norman Dow (Primary Source)

    W. Norman Dow served as a driver with the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Second World War.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/7759_original.jpg W. Norman Dow (Primary Source)

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    Wallace Bruce Randall (Primary Source)

     Wallace Bruce Randall served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World. After having to bail out of his plane during a mission over Germany, he was taken as a prisoner of war. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8498_600.jpg Wallace Bruce Randall (Primary Source)

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    Walter Blaszynski (Primary Source)

    Walter Blaszynski served with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/6872_original.jpg Walter Blaszynski (Primary Source)

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    Walter Conneoll Weir (Primary Source)

    Walter Weir served with the Royal Regina Rifles during the Second World War. 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/3028_original.jpg Walter Conneoll Weir (Primary Source)