Homecoming
Heroes Remember
Transcript
I landed in Vancouver on the 23rd of November ‘45,
and I got home on the 27th of November.
I landed in Winnipeg the 27th of November.
When we had a great big celebration in
Vancouver for me, a great big welcome
homecoming for us there. There was, as I said
there was 37 of us coming back on that train.
And the difference was just like between
day and night when just like when you
asked me when you come to Vancouver.
The difference was just like between day
and night like I said. The Americans treated
us so Goddamned good and then when
we come to Canada, and we had to tow the
mark because we where back on our own
turf with a uniform on,
we had to tow the mark with our, eh?...
So it was just the difference of day and night.
When I got to Winnipeg on the 27th of
November as I said, landed in Winnipeg.
And then I had to go into the barracks there,
to get my, to get all my papers for to get my
my leave and everything so it took a
couple of days for that.
Well all my parents met me and everything
in Winnipeg at the CN Station there.
That was, that was great.
That was great to see my father at that time.
Description
Mr Lynch finally arrives in Canada on November 23, 1945.
Wilbert Lynch
Wilbert Lynch was born in Portage, Manitoba on April 6th 1923 and was raised on a farm with two brothers and three sisters. He left home when he was 13 years old and worked for five dollars a month plus room and board at a few local farms. Three days after turning seventeen he joined the army and trained on the Bren gun in Camp Shilo and became a member of the 18th Manitoba Reconnaissance Battalion.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:42
- Person Interviewed:
- Wilbert Lynch
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Battle/Campaign:
- Hong Kong
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Winnipeg Grenadiers
- Occupation:
- Bren Gunner
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