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  • Memory Project Archive

    Margaret Davies (Primary Source)

    "They hit the Wellington Barracks chapel right on and most of them were killed. I think the band was killed and, of course, if I hadn’t been disobedient, I would have been there." See below for Mrs. Davies' 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/MargaretDavies/8889_538.jpg Margaret Davies (Primary Source)

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    Margaret Haliburton (Primary Source)

    Margaret Haliburton served in the Women’s Royal Canadian 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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    Margaret Teresa MacDonald (Primary Source)

    Margaret Teresa MacDonald 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/16237_original.jpg Margaret Teresa MacDonald (Primary Source)

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    Margarita “Madge” Trull (née Janes) (Primary Source)

    In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Margarita “Madge” Trull (née Janes), a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Marge was born to English parents on 24 July 1922 in Valparaíso, Chile, but was educated in England. In 1943, at 21 years old, she and her sister enlisted in the Women’s Royal Naval Service at Portsmouth, England. That year, she met RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Cameron Trull at a dance. The two were engaged by Christmas. In February 1944, John’s plane engine stalled while on a mission over Belgium. With the help of the Resistance, he eventually returned to England, where he reunited with Madge. The couple married on 30 September 1944. Madge’s two brothers also served in the Royal Air Force and Merchant Navy, respectively. In her testimony, she discusses the secrecy involved in her work as an “Intelligence Writer.” She also describes the challenges of working with “Bombes,” electromechanical devices used to decode German messages written with Enigma ciphers. The WRENs were a critical force in eventually breaking Enigma and intercepting German communications. After the war, Madge and John Trull moved to Canada. Margarita “Madge” Trull died in Mississauga, Ontario, in March 2023 at 100 years of age. 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/MargaritaMadgeTrull/194_original.jpg Margarita “Madge” Trull (née Janes) (Primary Source)

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    Marguerite Marie “Marge” Plante (Primary Source)

    Marguerite Marie “Marge” Plante left Alberta to join the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving as a timekeeper and typist during the Second World War. Read and listen she describes her enlistment, the death of her brother in Italy, interacting with prisoners of war, and the V-E Day celebrations.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/MargaretMarieMargePlante/651_538.jpg Marguerite Marie “Marge” Plante (Primary Source)

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    Mario Lorito (Primary Resource)

    Mario Lorito was born in Canada, but went back to Italy in 1936 for additional schooling. However, he and his mother were unable to leave Italy went war broke out, so he remained in the town of Francavilla al Mare. He avoided being conscripted by the Italian military, and following the town’s liberation, he worked with both American and Canadian troops. Mr. Lorito wound up joining the 48th Highlanders, and fought with the regiment through northwest Europe.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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    Marshall Chow (Primary Source)

    "I felt the knees of the guy behind me knocking against my legs. So we were very, we laugh about it, but we were also very scared." Marshall Chow served with the Canadian Army during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Chow'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/Chow_Army_Tweet.jpg Marshall Chow (Primary Source)

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    Maurice Alan Hundleby (Primary Source)

    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/MauriceAlanHundleby/2746_original.jpg Maurice Alan Hundleby (Primary Source)

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    Maurice Marcoux (Primary Source)

    "We would start at fourteen thousand feet, we would see our target and we would swoop down, one after the other."Maurice Marcoux was a pilot in the Air Force during the Second World War. See 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/mpsb/Maurice-Marcoux/6586_original.jpg Maurice Marcoux (Primary Source)

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    Mavis Pauline Jeannette Butlin (Primary Source)

    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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    Max Reid

    Max Reid, a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) gunner during the Second World War, describes his service with the Royal Canadian Navy, including attacks on merchant ships, travelling by convoy through the Caribbean and to South Africa, the relationship between merchant seamen and DEMS gunners as well as those between officers and ratings. Max Reid has also published a book his experiences entitled, "DEMS at War! Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships and the battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945" and published by Commoner's Publishing Society Inc.

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    Michael Krewiak (Primary Source)

    Mr. Michael Krewiak is a World War Two veteran who enlisted during the summer of 1940 and went overseas with The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor). Having fought in Normandy, he continued to fight into Northwest Europe, where he was badly wounded by a mortar shell in October 1944.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/13632_original.jpg Michael Krewiak (Primary Source)

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    Michael Kucher (Primary Source)

    "If you were there and you saw all those ships! It was unbelievable! Everything that you can think of. Aircraft carriers. Destroyers. Everything." See below for Mr. Kucher'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/MichaelKucher/1840_538.jpg Michael Kucher (Primary Source)

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    Michel Vincent (Primary Source)

    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/MichelVincent/15927_original.jpg Michel Vincent (Primary Source)

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    Mieczyslaw "Mike" Kalaska (Primary Source)

    Miecyzslaw "Mike" Kalaska served in the Polish Army during the Italian Campaign in 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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