Reasons for Joining Up
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Reasons for Joining Up
We were farming there and we had a pretty
good life then my brother and I decided to join up
In Stettler and away we went. I imagine my other
brother going was an incentive you know for me
to join and we got into the Calgarys and away
we went to England, you know.
All I remember is when we landed in Scotland and
then they transferred us to Salisbury Plains
in England and we were there til Dieppe.
We were there til they landed in ’42.
Interviewer: And so before you left Canada did
you receive any type of training?
Ya, they done training in Ontario and Camp Borden.
We trained there for almost a year,
you see, tank training and all.
Well, what I did is I was a loader operator and
that guy does the radio up in the turret,
there’s three people up there above – the commander,
the gunner and myself and two drivers down
below so there’s a five man crew.
Interviewer: And within this crew I understand
again that you were on the Churchill tanks.
(We were.)
Tell us about that. Tell us about the Churchills.
Well, I think it was very big and cumbersome
you know, hard to handle and being the first time
ever used in battle, it was something new
for everybody to learn, you know.
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