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Memory Project Archive

John J. Doyle

John Doyle served in the Royal Canadian 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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John "Jake" Pope Beer (Primary Source)

John "Jake" Pope Beer served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War and recounts his experiences of D-Day.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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John Mackelvie (Primary Source)

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John Mardling (Primary Source)

The Memory Project interviewed John Mardling, a veteran of the Second World War in about 2010. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born in Harwich Township, Ontario, in 1921, Mardling served in the Merchant Navy from 1943 to 1945. In this testimony, he recalls trips to Scotland, England and India during the war, and encountering submarines during voyages across the Atlantic (see Battle of the Atlantic). After the war he settled in Chatham, Ontario, where he worked 38 years at Ontario Steel (Arvin Meritor). He was a member of the Canadian Merchant Navy Association, the Royal Canadian Naval Association and the Royal Canadian Legion. Mardling died on 4 September 2013 at the age of 92. 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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John Ross “Danny” Daniels (Primary Source)

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John Smith (Primary Source)

In 2003, retired master mariner Captain John (Jack) C.S. Smith was interviewed for the Canadian War Museum Oral History Project. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born on 20 April 1920 in Newfoundland, Smith was an outport schooner fisherman, fishing for cod from dories, at the start of the Second World War. He joined the Newfoundland merchant navy and then the Canadian Merchant Navy, sailing east coast routes (both independent sailings and in convoy) from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to the Caribbean. In this testimony, he recalls an encounter with a submarine off the coast of Bermuda. Smith died on 27 December 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario. (See also Battle of the Atlantic and U-Boat Operations in Canadian Waters.) 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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John Springer (Primary Source)

John Springer 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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Joseph Aaron “Joe” Friedman (Primary Source)

"There was a lot of targets but both sides were doing cruel things. There’s nothing sweet or easy about war and there’s nobody fighting clean wars anymore." See below for Mr. Friedman'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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Joseph Clorice Gautreau [Korean War] (Primary Source)

Joseph Clorice Gautreau served in the army during the Korean War. You can also listen to his stories from the Second World War here and here.Content warning: This article contains content which some may find offensive or disturbing.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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Joseph Clorice "Joe" Gautreau (Primary Source)

Joseph Clorice "Joe" Gautreau served in the army during the Second World War. You can find a second recording where Mr. Gautreau explains how he hid from the German army here.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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Joseph Clorice "Joe" Gautreau (Primary Source)

Joseph Clorice "Joe" Gautreau served in the Canadian army during the Second World War. You can listen to a longer interview with Mr. Gautreau here.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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Joseph Cornelius Sullivan (Primary Source)

Joseph Cornelius Sullivan was a member of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Division during the Second World War and fought during D-Day.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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Joseph Lauret (Primary Source)

Mr. Joseph Lauret enlisted in the armed forces in September 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War. Shortly after he was sent to Kingston, Ontario for intensive courses on radar systems and then deployed with a group of Canadian personnel loaned to the Australian government. By the end of the Pacific War in August 1945, he was on the island of Java (Dutch East Indies) and thereafter captured among others in the midst of an uprising involving local rebels against Dutch authorities. 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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Joseph William “Joe” Vicaire (Primary Source)

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Joyce Trott (Primary Source)

Joyce Trott was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales. Her family eventually settled in Tipton, West Midlands, England. At the start of the Second World War, she was an apprentice to a hairdresser, but in 1941 she joined the British Army’s branch for women, the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She worked at the records office of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in the prisoners of war section. She married RCAF tail and mid-upper gunner Edison Trott in 1943. In 1945, Mrs. Trott immigrated to Canada with their 3 month-old daughter, Susan.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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