Steel Needles and Canadian Nurses
Heroes Remember
Steel Needles and Canadian Nurses
Transcript
I got tremendous care. Sometimes I think that we forget
about, when we’re talking Army, Air, and Sea, that we forget
about the support people that are supporting looking after the
sharp end and we were very fortunate to have a fine medical
system. They had steel needles and they weren’t throw away.
They were reusable and what we used to have to do is take an
emery and sharpen them. So they could use them and we’d do
little jobs around. The doctors were dedicated. The nursing
sisters were dedicated and really good medicine for a person
that’s been away from Canada for some years and all of a
sudden something happens to you and you all of a sudden you
find that there are Canadians looking after you. I think
probably the best medicine of the whole lot was the nursing
sisters. I mean they just, they were just to see a Canadian
girl. You’ve been away for a couple of years, you know.
And it was just nice to hear that Canadian voice and that
Canadian girl. So, I think they were the best medicine.
Description
After being wounded Mr. Lockyer found himself in a hospital where he was glad to see Canadian nurses and doctors.
Owen William Lockyer
Owen Lockyer was born in Herring Neck, Newfoundland on March 19, 1923. He was the youngest of five siblings and son of a grocer. After enlisting, Mr. Lockyer was sent to Normandy as part of the Algonquin Regiment. He served in the infantry as a platoon runner. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit, Order of St. John 1935-1943, France and Germany star, Defence of Britain. Mr Lockyer stayed with the army Militia where he became Brigadier General of all the militia army forces in Atlantic Canada
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:38
- Person Interviewed:
- Owen William Lockyer
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- France
- Battle/Campaign:
- Normandy
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Algonquin Regiment
- Rank:
- Private
- Occupation:
- Infantry
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