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Description
As a young man from Newfoundland, Mr. Starkes shares his reasons for joining up and the path he chose for himself.
Transcription
It was all volunteers, there was no conscription in Newfoundland. Well,
all the boys were going and I said I wanted to go earlier but my parents said no, no, no, and so when I was eighteen I decided I was going to go. So I went in 1940. You had no choice of who or what. The Royal Navy had a recruiting office in Saint Johns, so did the army, so did the air force. But, in order to join the Canadian Navy we knew they were there, we knew they existed, you’d have to go pay your own way up to Halifax or up some place. And then if you got turned down, you had to pay your own way home again. So everybody joined right there, the British Forces.
all the boys were going and I said I wanted to go earlier but my parents said no, no, no, and so when I was eighteen I decided I was going to go. So I went in 1940. You had no choice of who or what. The Royal Navy had a recruiting office in Saint Johns, so did the army, so did the air force. But, in order to join the Canadian Navy we knew they were there, we knew they existed, you’d have to go pay your own way up to Halifax or up some place. And then if you got turned down, you had to pay your own way home again. So everybody joined right there, the British Forces.
Catégories
Becoming Part of the British Forces
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Emplacement géographique
France
Campagne
D-Day
Personne interviewée
Charles Starkes
Branche
Navy
Military Rank
Torpedo Man
Date d’enregistrement
Durée
1:13