First Encounter With Death
Heroes Remember
First Encounter With Death
Transcript
The first thing they sent me to was to work with the Padre of the
unit and what he was doing is, was working with what they call a
grave unit and what we did at that time was go looking through
the woods and turning over the brush looking for casualties.
And my first one was pretty stiff because... it was the first
time I had seen a person who had been shot or wounded or anything
and I was looking at this chap in front of me and he had a hole
right in the... at the centre of his head. And at the same time
his eyes were open and I was talking to him and asked
him, “Are you alright?” you know and realized that he wasn’t and
now came to a point where the Padre said, when I reported it to
the Padre he said, “try to pull him out,” you see. So he was
quite stiff and I had to get a rope to try to put it around him
and this was my first, my first experience.
Description
Mr. Jones describes his first assignment in France which was accompanying the padre to the battlefield to retrieve the dead.
Bud Jones
Bud Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was a good boxer and very athletic, becoming a PT instructor before his deployment to Europe in the Second World War. He was assigned to the Royal Canadian Regiment, whose responsibility it was to eliminate German V2 rocket launching sites along the European side of the English Channel. He would see service in France, Belgium and Holland. Following his war service, Mr. Jones enlisted in the regular forces, becoming a career soldier. During that time, he served in Germany and Japan in addition to his service in Canada.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:32
- Person Interviewed:
- Bud Jones
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Royal Canadian Regiment
- Rank:
- Sergeant
- Occupation:
- Platoon Sergeant
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