Lou Muloin
Lou Muloin joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1954 and retired in 1986 from Trenton Air Force Base.
Dean H. Dover
My grandfather, Dean H. Dover, served in the RCAF during World War II as a Spitfire pilot and squadron leader (412 Spitfire Squadron Commander). He was a pilot instructor and staff officer with 442 Squadron in 1944, then Squadron Leader (412 Squadron) from August 1944 to January 1945. He flew more than 100 flights over […]
Michael Paupst
Michael J. Paupst was born on January 3, 1966. He attended Royal Roads Military College and graduated in Physics and Computer Science in British Columbia. He participated in various sports such as wrestling and volleyball, and won third place in track and field as a javelin thrower. After graduating, he trained as a pilot officer […]
Jim Strickland
Jim Strickland served on active duty in the infantry corps during the Second World War. He currently resides at the Perley Veterans Residence in Ottawa.
Irwin Isaac Levinson
Irwin Isaac Levinson was my grandfather. He and his brothers served in the Second World War in various regiments. His brothers went overseas, and Irwin was stationed for most of the war in Farnham, Quebec. He had hoped to go overseas, but the war ended. He was proud to be a member of the Canadian […]
Ed Strauss
Captain Eddie Strauss, my uncle, was a tail gunner on a Lancaster bomber with the RCAF’s 426 Thunderbird Squadron during the Second World War. He was shot at many times, dropped bombs on German cities and leaflets on Nazi-occupied territory, and took part in D-Day. Uncle Eddie didn’t like to talk about the war, but […]
Private James Chancie Sloat
James Chancie “Jay” Sloat was born on September 25, 1924, on his family’s original homestead in the Buffalo Lakes region, northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta. His parents, Henry James Sloat and Irene Sloat (née: Connors) later moved Jay and his siblings to the Westmark area, where they had purchased two quarters on the banks of […]
Garnet Stewart
My grandfather, Garnet Stewart, served with the Midland Regiment until its disbandment, when he joined the Cameron Highlanders in Ottawa. He served from 1939 to 1945, landing on Juno Beach on D-Day. He was very proud to be Canadian and a veteran. He was very proud to be Canadian and a veteran.
Margaret Stewart
My grandmother Margaret (Thrasher) Stewart served in the CWAC at Camp X in Oshawa. She first tried to enlist as a minor, but her mother found out and made her go home. She re-enlisted when she was old enough, and was proud to work at Camp X.
Jean-Baptiste Lagadec
Jean-Baptiste Lagadec spent four years in Europe during the First World War, mostly as a mechanic at the Engine Repair Park in the UK. He was awarded a posthumous medal for his services, as he died of the pandemic in 1918, three weeks before Armistice Day.