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Yvonne Jukes (Primary Source)
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Yvonne Jukes (Primary Source)

Yvonne Jukes served with the Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. She was posted overseas in Northern England with the Number 6 Bomber Group.

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Shawnadithit
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Shawnadithit

Shawnadithit (also known as Nance or Nancy April), record keeper of Beothuk history and culture (born circa 1800-6 in what is now NL; died 6 June 1829 in St. John’s, NL). Shawnadithit was captured by English furriers in 1823 and later worked as a housekeeper for merchant John Peyton Jr. In 1828, Shawnadithit was brought to Scottish merchant and naturalist William Cormack, who wanted to record information about the language and customs of the Beothuk. Shawnadithit drew maps of Beothuk territory as well as items of Beothuk material culture. While it is popularly believed that Shawnadithit was the last Beothuk, Mi’kmaq oral histories reject that claim. They argue that Shawnadithit’s people intermarried with inland Indigenous peoples after fleeing their homeland. The legacy of Shawnadithit as an important record keeper of Beothuk history and culture remains undisputed. In 2007, the federal government announced the unveiling of a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque recognizing Shawnadithit’s importance to Canadian history.

Marguerite Marie “Marge” Plante (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.

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Tish McSwain (Primary Source)
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Tish McSwain (Primary Source)

"It was marvelous working at John Inglis, everyone got along so well. It was a happy place to work. We all knew what we were doing, and you knew you were doing something that was important."

See below for Ms. McSwain's entire testimony.


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Ruth Muggeridge (Primary Source)
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Ruth Muggeridge (Primary Source)

"I was in the burn ward, and we got mostly the Armoured Corps. boys. Our patients I must say were wonderful young men, and they were so grateful for anything we were able to do for them."

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Una May Miklos (Primary Source)
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Una May Miklos (Primary Source)

Una May Miklos served with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. She was stationed at the HMCS Shelburne in Nova Scotia.

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Una Sinclair Golding (Primary Source)
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Una Sinclair Golding (Primary Source)

Una Sinclair Golding served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during the Second World War.

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Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon (Primary Source)
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Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon (Primary Source)

Valerie "Val" Crisp Langdon served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division during the Second World War. She was stationed in Ontario and Quebec, working as a photographer.

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Vera Peel (Primary Source)
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Vera Peel (Primary Source)

Vera Peel served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division during the Second World War. 

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Stella Pierce (née Denton) (Primary Source)
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Stella Pierce (née Denton) (Primary Source)

Stella Pierce served as a meteorological assistant in the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War

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Sytske Drijber Brandsma (Primary Source)
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Sytske Drijber Brandsma (Primary Source)

Sytske Drijber Brandsma served with the Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger (KNIL) (The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) during the Second World War.

Content warning: This article contains content which some may find offensive or disturbing.

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Ruth Felicity St. Clair Jarvis (Primary Source)
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Ruth Felicity St. Clair Jarvis (Primary Source)

Ruth St. Clair (née Jarvis) served as a WREN in the British Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Ruth Bergstrom (Primary Source)
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Ruth Bergstrom (Primary Source)

In the summer of 1942, Ruth Bergstrom joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) and was a member of the first group of CWACs trained at Vermilion, Alberta. She was then posted to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in a clerical position at Headquarters, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. By the end of the Second World War, she ended up as staff sergeant in the classified message centre.

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Ruth Werbin (Primary Source)
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Ruth Werbin (Primary Source)

 Ruth Werbin was a WREN, serving in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Ruth McMillan (Primary Source)
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Ruth McMillan (Primary Source)

Ruth McMillan served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Ruth Kinread Lewis (Primary Source)
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Ruth Kinread Lewis (Primary Source)

During the Second World War, Ruth Kinread went to Nova Scotia to work for a company that supplied Navy ships. 

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Ruth Pauline Michener (Primary Source)
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Ruth Pauline Michener (Primary Source)

Ruth Pauline Michener joined the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. She served in clerk operations, plotting aircraft in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

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Ruth Shirley Johnson Lavers (Primary Source)
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Ruth Shirley Johnson Lavers (Primary Source)

Ruth Shirley Johnson served as a dietitian in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War.

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Ruth Gwendolyn Phyllis Aitken Windus (Primary Source)
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Ruth Gwendolyn Phyllis Aitken Windus (Primary Source)

Ruth Aitken (née Windus) served with 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.