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Anyway that was it, and then back from there we, when you're away for a while you always have a pile of correspondence when you come back and that's one of the big jobs of a secretary. But very soon after that I got my, I didn't want to go because I was enjoying myself, but I was, I got my move back to Canada. And the, we all reported to the, my four other pay master cohorts that joined with me, we all went through London and then back up to Liverpool and joined the, the Empress of Scotland, I think it was. And it, we joined on the 5th of June, 1944, and the next morning was D-Day. Now Jamaica was not involved in the, was not going to be involved, she, I was getting, before I left, I was getting all the operation orders to go up to Novaya Zemlya, you know, off North Russia, and so she was going to do a diversion of some sort up there, but, so she was not going to be involved. And, but anyway I wasn't on board anymore. We went back to Canada and it was, there were, the ship was, had quite a few others on board returning, a few prisoners of war and a few things like that.
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Mr. Treherne recalls being sent back to Canada the day before D-Day

Thomas Claude Treherne

Mr. Treherne returned to Canada after the war and continued his military career as a senior instructor at Naden Supply School. Mr. Treherne maintains a family history of his father's and grandfather's service lives. He is currently writing his memoirs of his navy service in the supply branch, and also serves as a member of the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century (CCS 21).

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Video
Owner:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:
01:40
Person Interviewed:
Thomas Claude Treherne
War, Conflict or Mission:
Second World War
Branch:
Navy
Units/Ship:
HMCS Empress of Scotland

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