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    Clayton Stones (Primary Source)

    Clayton Stones served in the Merchant Navy 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/8695_original.jpg Clayton Stones (Primary Source)
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    Clifford Harvey Hammer Wunder (Primary Source)

    Mr. Wunder served in the Merchant Navy 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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    Don Wildon Bauerlein (Primary Source)

    "They just swung the gun on him and was ready to fire when he swerved off over our bow, came back on the other side, dropped the torpedo and the Liberty ship blew up. There were no survivors."Don Wildon Bauerlein served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. See below for his full 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/DonBauerlein/5866_538.jpg Don Wildon Bauerlein (Primary Source)
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    Donald McCree “Scotty” Cameron (Primary Source)

    Mr. Cameron served in the Navy during the Second World War. See below for his full 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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    Earle Wagner (Primary Source)

    TranscriptIn 1939, I completed school, but learning continued. In 1940 my application to join the navy as a boy seaman was rejected. But 12 February, 1941, I joined the Merchant Navy as a seaman aboard the motor vessel [SS] Reginolite, carrying oil between North and South America. In the spring of 1942, as able bodied seaman aboard the Reginolite, sailing alone along the Atlantic east coast, in one day, I counted 14 Allied ships sunk...

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    Edison Yeadon (Primary Source)

    "The German submarines don't like this weather but we do, to keep them down." See below for Mr. Yeadon'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/EdisonYeadon/607_538.jpg Edison Yeadon (Primary Source)
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    Edwin Robert "Ted" Gibbon (Primary Source)

    Edwin "Ted" Gibbon served in the Merchant Navy 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/8216_original.jpg Edwin Robert "Ted" Gibbon (Primary Source)
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    Ernest Brown (Primary Source)

    Ernest Brown served with Canada's Merchant Navy during the Second World War. During the Battle of the Atlantic, he crossed the ocean for the first time in a convoy, docking in Liverpool, England, which at the time was under German air attacks. In this excerpted clip. Brown describes the destruction caused when an incendiary bomb landed on a ship's deck in Liverpool.

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    Fred Sygrove (Primary Source)

    "When they started with depth charges, the explosions just about lifted the ship out of the water. This went on for hours. Finally, sometime in the evening, it stopped. We had run out of depth charges, all 75 of them." See below for Mr. Sygrove'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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    George Gus Kehl (Primary Source)

    Mr. Kehl served in the Merchant Navy 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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    Georges Belanger (Primary Source)

    Georges Bélanger served in the Merchant Navy 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://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Georges Belanger (Primary Source)
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    Gilbert Kenny (Primary Source)

    Gilbert Kenny served in the The Merchant Navy of Canada during the Second World War. Read and listen to Gilbert Kenny’s 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5270_original.jpg Gilbert Kenny (Primary Source)
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    Giles "Doucie" Doucet (Primary Source)

    Mr. Doucet served in the Merchant Navy 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/1445_original.jpg Giles "Doucie" Doucet  (Primary Source)
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    Gordon Mumford (Primary Source)

    Gordon Mumford served in the British Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Read his full 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/1485_600.jpg Gordon Mumford (Primary Source)
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    Grant Carnine (Primary Source)

    Lieutenant George Carnine enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy at the age of 20. He trained at Kings College, and later served as an Upper Deck Officer/Navigation Officer aboard the HMCS Clayoquot and HMCS Wallaceburg in home waters.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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