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Veteran's Stories
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Welcome to our Veteran's Stories page. This page acts as newsletter to share stories and articles we have collected though-out the years. If you are looking for a specific person or story, please use the search bar located at the top.
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Maxwell, Robert
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Robert “Bob” Maxwell - RCAF I was born on December 15,1937 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. For the first twelve...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Jacobs, Kenneth
I am the descendant of escaped slaves who arrived in this country in the mid nineteenth century via the Underground Railroad. I had the...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Hodges, Frederick
Frederick Douglas Hodges – Order of Canada Fred Hodges was born on 19 April 1918 in Saint John, the oldest of three boys and one girl....
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Parris, Gerry
Gerry Parris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to parents Gerald Parris (Second World War D-Day veteran) and Yvonne Talbot. He has eleven...
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Jan 14, 20224 min read
Parris, Seldon
Seldon Thomas Parris was born October 9th, 1892 to parents Alexander Parris and Margaret Prevost. His father died when Seldon was a...
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Jan 14, 20222 min read
Hall, William
The Victoria Cross was and remains the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded in the Commonwealth. William...
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Dec 23, 20214 min read
Parris, June
June Madonna Paris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was the daughter of D-Day veteran Gerald Parris and Yvonne Talbot. She has eleven...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read
Parris, Gerald
Gerald Gladstone Parris, was one of the last surviving African-Canadians of the June 6 , 1944, Allied invasion on the beaches of...
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Dec 23, 20212 min read
Dymond, Miles
Miles Smith Dymond was born in Fredericton, NB, on 25 March 1882. He was working as a stone cutter in Woodstock, NB, when he enlisted in...
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Dec 13, 20213 min read
Reddick, Sandra
Sandra Eileen Reddick born in Halifax Dec. 7, 1938 to Ernest and Doris Reddick. “In 1950 my parents built a new home for us on the...
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Dec 13, 20213 min read
Perry, Lloyd
Distinguished supporter of youth William Lloyd Thomas Perry, the son of a pastor, was a track star at Chatham Collegiate and Vocational...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Langdon, Henry
A Career in Aircraft Engine Maintenance The RCAF had high standards for those it enlisted during the Second World War. This is reflected...
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Dec 9, 20216 min read
Este, Clarence “Gus”
Korean War and 33 Year military service veteran Clarence “ Gus” Este was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1931. He is the oldest child with...
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Dec 9, 20215 min read
Browning, Orval
A Naval Pioneer During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) had a policy that restricted enlistment to white men and women...
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Dec 9, 20213 min read
Patrick, Erroll
Erroll Patrick was born on April 27, 1930 to Alma and Errol Patrick in Montreal. His siblings were Tony, Terry, Teddy, Tisha, Ty and...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Mansfield, John
No 2 Construction Fallen 14 January 1918 By Sapper Gary Silliker John Mansfield, was born on 1 January 1879 in Dartmouth, NS. John was...
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Dec 9, 20211 min read
Watts, Eric
Eric Victor Watts, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) When Eric Victor Watts joined the RCAF on May 10, 1939, the Government of Canada had...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Jones, Robert "Bud"
Robert “Bud” Jones was born in the St-Henri District of Montreal, and educated in the school districts of St. Henri, Montreal and Verdun,...
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Nov 25, 20213 min read
Jno-Baptiste-Jones, Avril
Warrant Officer (WO) Avril Jno-Baptiste-Jones, born and raised in Dominica, West Indies is a 25+ year Veteran of the Canadian Armed...
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Nov 25, 20212 min read
Holloway, Humphrey
Private Humphrey Holloway (Service number B/126485) was born on September 29, 1922, in Toronto, Ontario, to Egbert and Edith Holloway,...
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Nov 25, 20213 min read
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