Joining the Royal 22nd Regiment
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Joining the Royal 22nd Regiment
And then they invaded Africa.
It's then that I was sent, I was sent from the
Brigade as a reserve for the Royal 22nd because
they were going into action, you see.
And I was sent to Africa, North Africa I would say,
Phillippeville and from Phillippeville we went
when they needed reserve. I joined the 22nd,
Royal 22nd Regiment in Sicily at the foot
of Mount Etna, the volcanic mountain.
I joined the Van Doos there and I stayed
there during the whole war with them.
I think when I joined Sicily the campaign
of Sicily was almost finished.
I think it was only a day or two,
then it finished. Then we started to,
we were stationed there in Sicily.
We used to go on maneuverer,
we used to be bombed by the German too
right there, and then we were preparing for
the invasion of the mainland, Italy.
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