Ambition for Joining the Service

Heroes Remember

Ambition for Joining the Service

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Interviewer: Why did you have such an ambition to go overseas? The war was on. My father had wanted to train, he had sailed all through the First World War and he wanted to help train the people in the work he knew in the navy and the war, of course, I had heard all about the war all my life and following it. The news we never missed. And my father's great ambition was to help in that and, of course, he was gone and so my ambition, whatever I could do, I wanted to do it.

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Mrs. Hubbard expresses her keen desire to join the forces and how her desire stemmed from fulfilling the ambition her father had for military service.

Shirley Hubbard

Mrs. Shirley Hubbard was born in St. Clair, Michigan January 4, 1924. Her family moved to Canada and her father served in WWI. Having a keen desire to honour her father’s commitment, and without reservation, she joined the Women’s Division, Royal Canadian Air Force and had the opportunity to travel overseas and serve in London, England. Mrs. Hubbard served in an administrative role but believes her most important contribution to wartime service was visiting and caring for the burn victims of East Grinstead Hospital in London, England. These soldiers would later be known as “The Guinea Pigs.” It is here that she met her husband and became a dedicated member of the Guniea Pig Club. To this day, she remains a proud member of this association. She spends most of her time doing volunteer work and presently resides in Mission, BC with her family.

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