Trooper Otto Victor Feist

At the age of 21, Trooper Otto Victor Feist enlisted in the Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers (“PABV”) during the Second World War, on November 21, 1940. On February 19, 1942, Otto enlisted in the British Columbia Regiment. Otto came from a farming family in rural Saskatchewan. He was reported missing and presumed killed in […]

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James Alexander

James (Jim) Alexander joined the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in 1944, at the age of 19. After completing jump training in Shilo, Manitoba, he joined the battalion in England. On March 23, 1945, he took part in Operation Varsity, the airborne crossing of the Rhine. He was part of the battalion that met the Russian […]

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Samuel Barbour

Samuel Barbour est né à Southwest Arm le 25 janvier 1920. Son enfance est semblable à celle de la plupart des jeunes hommes de la campagne terre-neuvienne de l’époque. Il pêche, il joue, il va dans les bois – presque toujours accompagné de son chien, Skipper. Sam fréquente l’école à classe unique de la communauté, […]

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Sergeant Charles A. Callaghan

Sergeant Charles A. Callaghan RCAF My father, Sergeant Charles A. Callaghan, served for 30 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was an integrated systems technician. He had a distinguished career, with numerous commendations and several tours of duty. This year, Debbie Callaghan (his daughter), Steve Callaghan (his son), Declan Callaghan (his grandson), and […]

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Cecil G. Cherry

Cecil G. Cherry est né à Kings Cross, Londres, Angleterre, le 11 juillet 1895. À l’âge de 7 ans, il est envoyé au Canada sur le navire Dominion en tant qu’un des « Barnardo Home Boys ». Il est employé dans de nombreuses familles de l’Ontario et travaille plus tard comme ouvrier et charpentier. Le […]

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Private Thomas Samuel Walker

Le soldat de deuxième classe Thomas Samuel Walker a été tué au combat le 9 avril 1917, lors de la bataille de la crête de Vimy. Il n’avait que dix-sept ans : 1900 – 1917. Il repose au cimetière canadien n° 2, à Neuville-St-Vaast, en France. Régiment 788602.

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J. A. Robert Duplessis

(10 avril 1922 – 23 juillet 2011) Ancien combattant de la campagne de Normandie pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale ; membre de la section montréalaise de la Black Watch Association, de la Black Watch Association du Royaume-Uni et membre à vie du mess des adjudants et des sergents. Il a souvent représenté les anciens combattants […]

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Florian Paradis

He was a bomber and on Dec 24 1943, after entering a good bombing over Dusserdolf, he noted, ‘What a Christmas???’

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Berthold Williams

Bert, to those who knew him, served in the Canadian Army for 24 years. First in the army with the 8th Canadian Hussars, then in the air force as a photo technician. Bert loved tanks, and would stop and climb on any one he saw. He passed away last March and we miss him dearly.

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