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Photo Gallery, Page Three |
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Taken in Gander, Newfoundland, winter of 1941. Left to right, J.D. Irvine, Phil Doddridge, Barney Haley |
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Click Here To Go To Part One
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Left to right, Bernie Haley, Earl Meredith, deceased, Alex Rattie, kia |
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John Hoosha had been a cook in the Winnipeg Grenadiers.He was a bit older than I was, and was then married. We became friends when we met in the hospital. I used to laugh at the way he approached every situation, and his brash and sometimes spicy way of expressing his opinion.
I visited John one Sunday morning in 1963 at his home in West Kildonan when Edwina and the boys and I were passing through on our way to Dawson City. I was saddened to learn that his life ended tragically not many years after that. |
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John Hoosha |
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Gordon Murray was a member of 17 Platoon. He came from Flatlands , NB. He used to tease me and call me a "herring choker" because I came from the Coast.Because his features were slightly oriental I used to call him "Hong Kong".That was when we were in Newfoundland! Little did we know! |
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Gordon Murray |
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From left to right, Bernie Haley, Jack Lyons, Reg Haley, Henry Lyons
It is hard to imagine, even after all these years., that just a short time later Jack would be dead, kia on Dec.25/41. Reg Haley would die in a Japanese camp on Nov. 21/43. His brother, Bernie, died some years ago. I still talk to Henry often. |
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