Egyptian Water
Heroes Remember
Transcript
An awful lot of sand, flies, sun, hot. We had big pit
helmets, they used to call them, come right down over your
shoulder to save the back of your neck. That’s to keep the
sun off your neck. And we went to a big camp, we were issued
the first thing in the morning after breakfast, we lined up
and we had one canteen of water for the day. You wouldn’t
believe it, there would be a guy, believe it or not and he
shaved and he had a bath with the one thing of water. So it
can be done, and that’s the way we used to do it. And other
than what you had in the mess but that’s how much water you
were allowed and there was a man guard on the water tanks so
as you come out from breakfast you filled up your canteen
and that’s what you done all day.
Description
Mr. Bishop gives us a sense of what the conditions were like in Egypt.
Leo Bishop
Leo Bishop was born in St Joseph, Newfoundland on September 9,1819. His parents died when he was seven years old. After Mr. Bishop was turned down for the navy he worked about a week at forestry when he was sent to Padgate for training. Later he became involved with Search and Rescue where he served most of his career.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- April 14, 2011
- Duration:
- 1:31
- Person Interviewed:
- Leo Bishop
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Egypt
- Branch:
- Air Force
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