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Memory Project Archive
Edith Marion Garden (née Greenly) (Primary Source)
In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Edith Marion Garden (née Greenly), a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. From 1942 to 1945, Garden served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division. Born in Jarvie, Alberta, on 22 October 1923, Garden enlisted in the Canadian armed forces at the age of 19. She served at RCAF stations in Canada, including training schools in Claresholm and Fort MacLeod, Alberta. In this testimony, Garden describes her service with the RCAF WD, particularly her work at the station canteen on the Queen Charlotte Islands [Haida Gwaii]. In 1945, she married William “Buster” Garden, who served in the Canadian army during the war. She died on 10 October 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta. 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.
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Edmond Arsenault (Primary Source)
"There was a shell coming and I knew by the sound it was close. So I look at the hole and I look at the barn and I figure, I’ll make the barn first." See below for Mr. Arsenault's entire testimony. 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.
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Edna May "Bunny" Simpson (Primary Source)
Edna May "Bunny" Simpson served in the Royal Air Force as a radar operator and met a Canadian soldier who she would eventually marry and emigrate to Canada to be with. See her full testimony below. 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.
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Edna Wilson (Primary Source)
Edna Wilson served in 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.
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Edward Belliveau (Primary Source)
Edward Belliveau served in the Canadian Army 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.
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Edward Fey "Ed" Lee (Primary Source)
"European agents could not operate near the main population centres in Asia because of their skin colour and inability to speak the local language. Who can the British call to operate in Asia as SOE?"Edward Fey "Ed" Lee joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a volunteer for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) overseas program. He served from 1944 to 1946. Being a Canadian of Chinese origin, Lee was called to duty as a secret agent in Asia under the command of the British Army. Listen to his tales of guerrilla warfare deep in Japanese-occupied territory. 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.
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Edward George “Pullthrough” McAndrew (Primary Source)
"[She] said, that was the only thing she was convinced, that was the only thing that saved my life, was this supposedly over-prescribing of the penicillin." See below for Mr. McAndrew's entire testimony. 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.
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Edwin Robert "Ted" Gibbon (Primary Source)
Edwin "Ted" Gibbon served in the Merchant Navy 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.
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Eleanor Barlow Cowburn (Primary Source)
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.
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Eleanor Carroll (Primary Source)
TranscriptI was working in Fredericton and I used to see the girls, and I thought how great they looked in their uniforms. On my day off, I was walking downtown and I went by, well, the recruiting officer’s home and her mother had all the literature on CWAC [Canadian Women’s Army Corps]. So I went in and talked to her, and when I came out, I was in the army. Well, I really liked it...
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Elizabeth “Betty” Dimock (Primary Source)
Elizabeth “Betty” Dimock’s great ambition during the Second World War was to become a nurse. She registered in the South African army to treat wounded soldiers from the North African Campaign. Read and listen to Dimock’s story below. 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.
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Ellis Richard Gunther (Primary Source)
"Well, by the time we left, we drank too much wine. And we bought some eggs and we bought some more wine to take, and we decided to buy a goose." See below for Mr. Gunther's entire testimony. 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.
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Elmer James Sinclair (Primary Source)
"Our job was to get them back up where they were supposed to be on that frequency, and also to listen for any breaches of security." See below for Mr. Sinclair's entire testimony. 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.
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Elphège Renaud (Primary Source)
Mr. Elphège Renaud is a Korean War veteran who enlisted in the Permanent Force of the Canadian Army in 1949 and went overseas in 1952-1953 with the 1st Battalion of Le Royal 22e Régiment.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.
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Ely Edmond Boeykens (Primary Source)
"The first thing we do most of the time is, “See that steeple on the church? Shoot it down.” Catholic church steeple, had to shoot the steeples down, because the Germans used to stand up there to look at you." See below for Mr. Boeykens' entire testimony. 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.
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