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September 22, 2019
Ernest Garber was my godfather. He came home on leave in 1942 the photograph is enclosed. He subsequently landed on Juno Beach at St. Aubin-Sur-Mer. He was fatally wounded in the fierce battle to take Carpiquet from the Hitlerjugund, July 8th. Age 29. My wife and I visited his grave at Beny-Sur-Mer June 6th 2019...
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Pte. Michael Boss (1924-2008) was an ambulance driver with the Road Canadian Army Medical Corps during 1944/5. He was in Northwestern Europe with the 1st Canadian Army, 1st Division with numerous units including 4th and 7th Field Ambulance and the 21st Army Group. He participated in the liberation of Belgium and Holland and the invasion...
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Pilot Ernest Albert Goodwin was my mother’s brother. She never really got over his tragic death. Though I never got to know him personally, I know him through my mother. He was a kind, gentle and loving person. My mother is no longer with us, but I truly believe that she has reunited with my...
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Dad was a soldier in the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. He was in the Netherlands during their liberation. Mom and Dad were able to attend the 50th anniversary and stayed with a family in Niverdal.They became good friends and their hosts came to Canada for a visit. Dad never spoke much about the war...
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Bill was a Dutch resident during the war. He was a teenager, with his parents living and working in Indonesia. His parents were interred in a prisoner of war camp in Indonesia, while Bill was sent to live with strangers in Amsterdam. Bill and his parents survived the war, and Bill emigrated to Canada as...
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Dad ( Joe Doherty) was a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers whose responsibility was the restoration of bombed out bridges by installing Bailey bridges. After the war ended he remained in Holland for the reclamation of of a country and it’s people that he dearly loved .
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Ambrose (Amby) Moynagh was my stepmother’s youngest brother. He was killed during WW II when his RCAF plane crashed into a mountain near Cowichan Lake, BC – Bolduc Mountain. Because of the remoteness of the crash site the bodies were never recovered; April 25 was the 75 Anniversary of the crash. This spring the local...
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My father crossed over to France in July of 1944 as a tank commander. He was present at the battle for Caen, and Falaise Gap. He continued north through Belgium and Holland. In January of 1945, he transferred to the XII Manitoba Dragoons, commanding B squadron. He was part of the Canadian troops who liberated...
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