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NARRATIVE: STATEMENT ACCORDING TO SOURCE FILE: BORN IN SASKATOON 9 OCTOBER, 1919 - FAMILY LIVING IN PERDUE, SASKATCHEWAN . RAISED IN PERDUE, WOLSELEY, & WILKIE. 1925 - FAMILY MOVED TO WILKIE, SASKATCHEWAN. 1938 - ENROLLED IN THE MILITIA WITH THREE FRIENDS - D COMPANY, PRINCE ALBERT & BATTLEFORD VOLUNTEERS. BEGAN APPRENTICESHIP IN PHARMACY. SEPT. 1940 - VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN INFANTRY SERGEANT, POSTED TO 121 BASIC TRAINING CENTRE, DUNDURN, SASKATCHEWAN. SPRING, 1941 - TRANSFERRED TO ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS AS A SERGEANT, & POSTED TO RCETC AT DUNDURN. MARCH JUNE, 1942 - ATTENDED CANADIAN OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (COTC) IN BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO & COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER IN THE ARMOURED CORPS. ATTENDED ARMOURED CORPS COURSES AT CAMP BORDEN, ONTARIO, JULY - SEPTEMBER, 1942. SEPTEMBER, 1942 - POSTED OVERSEAS. FEBRUARY, 1943 - POSTED TO THE SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT AS A TROOP LEADER. THE UNIT WAS AN ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT ON ARMOURED ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGNATED 29TH ARMOURED RECONNA
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