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Memory Project Archive

Edna Wilson (Primary Source)

Edna Wilson served in 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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Edward Fey "Ed" Lee (Primary Source)

"European agents could not operate near the main population centres in Asia because of their skin colour and inability to speak the local language. Who can the British call to operate in Asia as SOE?"Edward Fey "Ed" Lee joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a volunteer for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) overseas program. He served from 1944 to 1946. Being a Canadian of Chinese origin, Lee was called to duty as a secret agent in Asia under the command of the British Army. Listen to his tales of guerrilla warfare deep in Japanese-occupied territory. 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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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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Ely Edmond Boeykens (Primary Source)

"The first thing we do most of the time is, “See that steeple on the church? Shoot it down.” Catholic church steeple, had to shoot the steeples down, because the Germans used to stand up there to look at you." See below for Mr. Boeykens' 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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Ernest Baird (Primary Source)

Ernest Baird flew a full tour as a pilot of an Avro Lancaster bomber with 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He flew numerous sorties over Germany, including against Dresden. He also flew a mining mission over a Norwegian fjord. Ernest Baird was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for “proving himself an outstanding captain and provided a shining example of calm courage and determination.”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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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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Eugene Katz (Primary Source)

Eugene Katz is from Dzisna, Poland. He and his brother Moishe escaped when the town's nearly 5,000 Jews were massacred by German soldiers in the Second World War. They then joined the Russian Jewish partisans, but were ultimately betrayed by a family friend and Moishe was killed. Eugene then joined the Russian Red Army in 1944 and served with this army until the end of the 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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Evelyn Davis Jamieson (Primary Source)

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Everett Sylvester Cromwell (Primary Source)

"One time I drove for 36 hours without stopping. When I stopped it was just long enough to off-load and load. That was war. That’s what you trained for." See below for Mr. Cromwell'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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Flavio Da Silva (Primary Source)

Flavio Da Silva was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, and joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. He received his initial training, but was then selected for additional training to become a meteorologist. He completed his courses at the University of Toronto, and was then sent to the Mediterranean theater. While there he worked on RAF stations in Gibraltar, Malta and Algeria.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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Forbes Brown (Primary Source)

Forbes Brown served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Read 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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Francis Bathe (Primary Source)

"We captured about 3,500 that morning, and I should judge about us many were killed or wounded besides that. I think the 1st and 2nd Divisions did equally as well, by what I heard they were chiefly the Bavarians at that. They are notable fighters but our lads were better. " See below for Mr. Bathe'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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Francis Hammond (Primary Source)

Francis Hammond served as signalman in the Royal Canadian Navy. On D-Day, he was part of a landing craft crew with 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla that ferried Allied troops to the Normandy beaches. That day, his landing craft struck a mine. Later, Mr. Hammond was in Halifax for the celebrations on Victory in Europe Day 1945 (VE Day).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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Frank Earl Pearson (Primary Source)

Frank Earl Pearson served in the Royal Canadian 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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Frank Moore (Primary Source)

Frank Moore served with No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. He was shot down over Frankfurt, Germany in 1943 and spent the remainder of the war in captivity. He details his time in Stalag IV-B, his liberation by Soviet forces, and the arduous conditions in which he lived.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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