Changing Lifestyle When Returning Home

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Changing Lifestyle When Returning Home

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It was hard coming home too, to see your kids all bouncy and healthy and everything else and then remembering the other ones. Yeah, it was, like I said I had a hard time with, you know the kids wasting food and that kind of stuff for a long time. Even now and when I was in the military I didn't waste anything. Every piece of kit that ever got scrapped I stripped it right down to the bare nuts before it left. I wasn't going to let anything go to waste and because you know we come from such a disposable society and to be in a place where you can't find that stuff, I started thinking, no, I says, I've got to start being more vigilant I guess in the way that I look at the world, recycling big time.

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Mr. Beresford explains how his experiences in Cambodia changed his style of living in Canada.

Tony Beresford

Mr. Tony Beresford was born in Windsor, Ontario June 11, 1961. He grew up in a military family where his father served in the Navy and his mother in the Air Force. Military life was a very positive decision for Mr. Beresford who first joined the Navy reserves in Windsor and after serving there for three years, joined the regular force. Mr. Beresford later joined the Canadian Forces where he decided to obtain a trade in electronics technician and ended up advancing as a fire controls technician, a very unique trade to the military. In 1992 Mr. Beresford went overseas on his first tour to Cambodia as part of 92 Transport Company. In addition to in-Canada service, Mr. Beresford was sent on tour to Bosnia in 1999. Military being a big part of his life, Mr. Beresford met and married his wife who also served with the Canadian Forces. After 30 years service, Mr. Beresford retired and resides in Ontario with his family.

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