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“For the Fallen”They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

Whether they served in distant lands or here at home, during the epic battles of last century or the strained conflicts of the last few years, we all owe these Canadians a debt of gratitude now and in the future. Quality Foods joins the nation in recognizing the sacrifices and achievements of those who have served in the cause of peace and freedom around the world over the years for the benefit all Canadians.

Also important is the need to guard wisely against allowing history to repeat, while helping our young people to understand and to remember what these men and women have done during times of war, military conflict and peace.

Remembrance helps us understand the country we live in today and how we can build a better future together.

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I remember the last day of August 1939 when I said goodbye to my mother. She had tears in her eyes and asked when she would see me again. I said, “Mom, I’m going to Przemysl, only a few kilometers from home.”

I was going to Przemysl to stay with my aunt-ie who was expecting twins, and her hus-band was away in the army. Living with my aunt was closer to my school than travelling every day by train (I was a high school stu-dent). Since that goodbye, 32 years passed before I saw my mother again.

On Aug. 28, 1939, the ten years treaty on non-aggression was signed in Moscow by German Joahim von Ribbentrop and Russian Vyacheslaw Molotow. On Sept. 1, the German army attacked Poland, bom-barding cities, towns and villages, killing not

only soldiers but shooting civilians running in panic, women, children and whoever was in sight. Injured and dead people lay every-where. It was a horrible thing to see and live through. On Sept. 17, the Russian army invaded the eastern area of Poland. Then the Germans and Russians divided Poland in half. The river San, which flows through the middle of Prezemysl, was made the German-Russian border. My mother’s house was on the Russian side of the San. My auntie’s house was on the German side. I worried very much for my mother and my family. I hadn’t heard from them since I left to go to school.

I tried to get home but the Russians didn’t let people through their border. They dyna-mited the bridge so it was impossible to get to the other side. I decided to wait until the river froze. I hoped the Russians were human too and would let me go home.

In the early morning of Jan. 19, 1940, I crossed the frozen river and two Russian soldiers grabbed me. They took me to their headquarters for questioning and kept me there all day. I pleaded with them to release me and let me go home to my mother. When night fell, they took me in a covered truck to pris-on. The prison cell was full of people, older ladies, school kids and young chil-dren. There was no room to sit down. When night came, we had to take turns to lie down on the floor.

Once a day, we were given soup. We were

starved, longing for a piece of bread. There was no place to wash either. After about two weeks, they loaded us in the can-vas-covered trucks and took us to the rail

station. I wanted to let my mother know what had happened to me, so I wrote a note, tore a strip from my dress and tied it to the note. When the truck was moving, I cut a hole in the canvas with a razor and threw

out my note. Looking through the hole, I saw someone pick up the note and run fast. He let my mother know what happened to me.

At the rail station, they loaded us in the freight wagons, which were empty except for some straw on the floor and a can standing in the corner. We travelled like that for two days and nights. Our first stop was Nikolayew, Russia. They brought us to the prison door and gave us some water. I remember I drank at least three quarts of water at once. I was kept in Nikolayew pris-on for six months. Many times, and always after midnight, they called me for question-ing. Again they put us in covered trucks, in separate parti-tions, and drove us far away to another prison.

At that prison, they let us out of the truck one at a time then put us each in separate little c u p b o a r d - l i k e boxes in the wall, standing up. In front of me was a door with a few air holes so I wouldn’t die in there. If I faint-ed, I couldn’t fall because there was no room to fall. The Russians were very advanced in their cruelty. S o m e t i m e s they kept me standing there for three to four hours

before calling me for questioning. By then, I’d be totally exhausted; I just didn’t care anymore.

Then the Russian commander insisted I admit I was an enemy of Soviet Russia. He would yell at me to scare me. “Why don’t you cry?” he yelled! “For Pilsudski you would cry, but you will not cry for me!” “Yes, for Pilsudski I would cry,” I answered. “But I will not cry to please you.” (Joseph Pilsudski was a Polish patriot and leader during the First World War.)

The next prison they sent me to was in Kharkow, and I will never forget it as long as I live. They put me in a large cell with Russian women who were hardened crimin-als. They were in prison for murder, assault, theft and many other crimes. They swore and fought between themselves terribly. I was so scared. I thought I’d died and was in hell. Every night, two Russian guards came to the cell to count us. I kept asking them, “Please put me in with Polish women.” They asked, “Why?” “Because I can’t speak Russian,” I told them. “You have to learn,” they answered. “Learn from these women.”

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“Looking through the hole, I saw someone pick up the

note and run fast. He let my mother know what happened to me.”

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Every night they asked us what we did before we came to prison. The Russian women answered that they were thieves, stealing large items or picking pockets. One night, when they asked me again what I did before coming to prison, just to make fun of them, I said I was a pickpocket. The guards looked surprised and smiled. The next day they put me in a cell with Polish women.

For another six months I was in Kharkow prison. Then, one day they called me to the commander’s office and read my sentence.

They said, because I was an enemy of Soviet Russia, they sentenced me to five years of hard labour in a camp for women.

The place was called Akmolinsk. It was the winter of 1941. We came to Akmolinsk by train, a prison train with bars on the windows and guards with guns. They gave us very salty fish to eat but no water to drink. They tried to find some water but there was no place to get it. As far as we could see, there was nothing but snow and more snow.

Finally, they brought some snow for us to eat. We travelled like that for a week.

The camp was north of Akmolinsk, Siberia. There were no railroads, so we had to walk through the deep snow for about ten hours to get there. Some people were so tired they fell in the snow. The soldiers pushed them with the butts of their rifles and swore and called us names. In this transport were more than 300 Polish women. The camp was full of Russian prisoners, wives and daughters of Tzar offi-cers; their husbands and fathers were shot when the com-munists took over the Russian government and the women and children were sent off to prison for life.

I was put to work digging frozen ground because they planned to build a railroad. The work was hard and the hours long. We worked 14 to 16 hours every day. The tem-perature was 45 degrees below zero, and still we worked outside. To keep warm, we had to work fast; when you stand up to rest for half a minute, your sweat would freeze on your back. My feet were frozen so terribly that, for many years after, my feet were swollen and it was difficult for me to find soft shoes that wouldn’t hurt.

Every prisoner had to dig a “norm,” so many metres long and so many wide. If somebody managed to dig the norm he or she received more bread the next day. I could never make the norm. I was too weak so I received only small portions of bread. Also, once a day we got soup, which was made of some grain and fish heads.

For one and a half years I worked in that camp doing hard work outside, building railroads and digging canals for irrig-ation or something. Many of my friends didn’t make it, they died of starvation and diseases. My brother also died or was killed somewhere in Siberia.

I lost all hope of survival. But something happened to restore hope for the suffering Polish people in Russian prisons.

The Germans didn’t keep their promise of non-ag-gression. In June 1941, the German army attacked Russia and the two “partners in crime” were now at war. Polish general, Wladyslaw Sikorski, tried to save

the Polish people from Russian prisons. The terms of agreement were signed in London on July 30, 1941, by the Sikorski and the USSR. On Dec. 4, 1941, the Declaration of Mutual Assistance and Collaboration was signed in Moscow by Sikorski and Joseph Stalin. Stalin agreed to release the Polish people from Russian

prisons. The Polish army was organized in the Soviet Union by General Wladyslaw Anders. This was possible because there were more than one million Polish prisoners of war and many thousands of civilian families deported from Poland to Russia.

In May 1942, I was released from the Russian pris-on. I was released along with two Polish ladies. Together, we decided to go to the southern part of part of Russia by train. Some female Russian pris-oners asked us to find their families and give them messages that they were alive and healthy. When we got to the addresses we were given, their fam-ilies were so afraid they wouldn’t acknowledge they had relatives who were prisoners. They said, “No. We don’t know anyone who is in prison.” When we asked them if we could sleep in their yards, they wouldn’t let us.

It was very difficult to get a seat on a train. There were a lot of people trying to get from place to place. The trains were full of Russian army personnel so civilians had a very slim chance to get on. The rail stations were full of Russian refugees running away from the front. Their homes were destroyed by bombs and fire so they had to move on. Many nights we slept on the street waiting to get on a train.

After a long wait at the Akmolinsk rail station, my two friends and I managed to get on the train, but we didn’t have any money for tickets so the lady conductor threw us out. We held on the step rails while the train was moving. On the next car, some Russian men were also hanging on the step rails. I had a little bag hanging on a string on my arm. A man from the next car tried to steal it. He pulled and jerked the bag but the string wouldn’t break, and I couldn’t release my grip on the rail to let go of the bag for fear of falling off the train. It was going very fast and I would have been killed if I fell. The string of the bag cut my arm, and for many years, I had a big scar from it.

When the train stopped, we walked to a village in Kozakstan (a Russian occupied country), and asked for jobs, any jobs, because we were very hungry. The Kozak people let us work on their farms and paid us with some flour and pota-

toes. After a few weeks, we tried to get to Alma-Ata. Some Russian men in the village were going to Alma-Ata, and said they had room for one of us, if we paid them. We had 50 rubles between us, so my friends decided I would take

our belongings and the ride while they would walk.

On the way to Alma-Ata, the men stopped by some bars for drinks while I waited in the wagon. When they came back, they yelled at me to give them more money, but I didn’t have any. So

they started hitting me and tearing off my clothes. I was very scared and didn’t know what to do. Thankfully, there was a little Kozak man travelling with the Russians. He asked them to leave me alone, but they were drunk and wouldn’t stop. When the wagon continued down a hill, the Kozak pushed me off the wagon and I fell and rolled down the hill. Then he threw my bags down. He saved my life.

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“Sometimes they kept me standing there for three to

four hours before calling me for questioning. By then, I’d be totally exhausted; I just

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“I got sick with a severe case of dysentery, and I thought I

wouldn’t survive.”

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Inventory of wars in contemporary history

Remembrance Day is an opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices that today’s soldiers make and on the sacrifices of all those who preceded them.

The deadliest war: The Great War of 1914-1918 is the greatest drama known to Europe in terms of the number of deaths. The totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century and the Second World War are the direct consequences of this war. But it was the Second World War that was the deadliest, with more than 55 million deaths, of which 30 million were civilian.

The most remembered war: This is the Second World War because of the atom bombs dropped on Japan and because it left its mark on three generations. Fortunately, those who remember it also remember the slogan “No more war!”

The bloodiest battle in Canadian history: The Battle of the Somme took place from July 1 to the end of November, 1916. On the first day of this battle, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment was virtually annihilated in the village of Beaumont. Machine guns, barbed wire, trenches, and massive artillery shelling resulted in ferocious fighting marked by heavy losses. Some 24,713 Canadians and Newfoundlanders died in the battle.

The largest naval battle: The greatest naval concentration of contemporary history was deployed in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean area on September 21, 2007. This unprecedented demonstration of power by the United States against Iran included three aircraft carriers supported by about 40 escort vessels and nearly 100 aircraft.

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I was in the middle of nowhere. I didn’t know where I was or what to do. I sat on my bags and cried and prayed. After a long time, a Kozak man came by and asked if he could help. He was riding on a donkey and spoke only Kozak. But somehow we understood each other. He let me borrow his donkey. I put my bags on the donkey’s back and sat on it, then started off. The donkey walked steadily, until we came to a creek. It sat down right in the middle of the creek, getting the flour in one of my bags all wet. I jumped off the donkey and started pull-ing the rope, but the donkey refused to move. She was just enjoy-ing the cool water. I was so upset, I ran behind the donkey and grabbed her tail and pulled it very hard. The donkey jumped and started running fast. Finally, I got to the place I was supposed to meet my friends.

They said, “We walked and we are waiting here for you for a long time. You had a

ride and you are so late.” In Alma-Ata, we worked in the cotton fields for a while. We lived in a small cottage built of clay and straw. When we lay down at night, we could see the stars shining through the holes in the roof. There, I got sick with a severe case of dysentery, and I thought I wouldn’t survive. One morning, a Russian soldier came to our door and said he was collecting all the Polish

people he could find to get them to one place for a transport. The place was near Tashkent. He was sorry to see me so sick. He put us on a wagon and gave us some bread and boiled

water to drink.

Gradually I got better. We called that sol-dier an angel of mercy sent by God to help us. He was the first Russian I met who acted like a human being. From Alma-Ata, we went to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, another Russian-occupied country. The Polish army was forming near Tashkent, in a town called


Jangi-Jul. In August 1942, I enlisted in General Anders’ army on Soviet Union ter-ritory in Jangi-Jul. The army’s camp was full of Polish men and women just released from Russian prisons who had joined the army. There were also some Polish Catholic priests who’d joined the army.

For nearly three years, we had no chance to attend church or hear the Holy Mass. The following Sunday, we gathered in an open field to hear the Holy Mass for the first time since our release from Russian prisons. There were thousands of men and women, young and old. It was very emo-tional; the tears were flowing as we prayed and sang, “Boze Cos Polske” (God save our Poland).

In October 1942, I was transported with the Polish army to the Middle East. We travelled from Port Krasnowock through the Caspian Sea and arrived in Port Pahlevi in Iran.

Iran was a nice place. I met many nice people there. For eight months, I worked in a Teheran hospital as a volunteer. I worked night shifts. Every night I started two hours earlier because I took nursing classes. It was a crash course, but it helped my work in the hospital. The hospital was a new building, not finished yet. There was no electricity, no telephones.

We had to use lanterns. There was a shortage of doc-tors and nurses. Transports of Polish civilians came from Russia, filled with people with diseases like typhoid fever, tuberculosis and others. Most of the people died in that hospital.

When I was transferred to Iraq, in the 7th Division, Polish army, I worked in the YMCA canteen. The 7th Division was stationed in Quizi-Ribat near Bagdad. Bagdad is a nice city. The Tigres River flows right through the middle of Bagdad, and palm trees grow there. Iraq has a very hot cli-mate, no rain, not a cloud in the sky, only sun and sand. When the wind blew, the sand hung in the air like a cloud.

In Iraq, we lived in tents. Big nets were tied around our beds to protect us from dangerous stings from scor-pions, tarantulas and other poisonous creatures. Many Polish people got sick with malaria from mosquito and other insect bits. The Arabian people were used to their cli-mate and their kind of living. The Polish army in Iraq didn’t have any entertainment. While working in the canteen, I was asked to sing for the soldiers.

With another soldier, I was sent to many camps and div-isions. We sang solos and duets. If we put on a play, I took part in it, too. In Iraq, I met the man who became my husband; he was a Polish

army officer. He was also a former Russian prisoner of war.

He left for England to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) a few days after we met. I didn’t see him for a year but we kept in touch by writing letters. From England, the RAF sent him to Canada for navigation train-ing for nine months. When he returned to England he was stationed at Newcastle and

flew a two-person plane called a Mosquito (they were also called Night Fighters). His duty was to spot German bombers flying towards England and shoot them down.

In July 1943, I was transferred along with the 7th Division to Palestine. While travelling to Palestine, we saw a beautiful mirage. It looked like a big city and water lying ahead of us, but when we got there – nothing. The view had moved a little farther away. We travelled through a corner of Syria then through Jordan. Our transport stopped by the Jordan River and we went in the water for a splash.

In Palestine, I continued working in the can-teen. Our camp was located in Hajfa by the Mediterranean Sea. It was hot there so we would go to the sea to swim. We also took bus tours to Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. It was

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“In Iraq, I met the man who became my husband;

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just like Hawaii there. I went to Jerusalem four times.

We visited the Holy Land and churches, and went to Bethlehem and Nazareth. I also took a tour to the Dead Sea. I enjoyed every minute of it. Because I wanted to do more than work in the canteen, I applied to join the air force and go to England. I was accepted.

In December 1943, around Christmastime, our transport left for England. We travelled by train to Alexandrai, Egypt, and embarked on a big ship on the Mediterranean Sea. The ship had to go slowly and very carefully because there were mines in the water. We had to stop right by Gibraltar and wait there for a week until the navy fished out all the mines. The first week of January 1944, we arrived in Glasgow, Scotland. In February, I enlisted in the RAF with the WAAF. They sent me to the Halton station near London for a mechanics course. In eight months I finished the course, and was a flight mechanic E, working on engines on Lancaster bombers stationed at Sillloth (between England and Scotland).

Living in England for four years, I visited many cities and made a lot of friends. It was there that I married and had my son George, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since August 1929, when I last saw my mother, I didn’t know what had hap-pened to my family. It was useless to write because the Russians and Germans fought on Polish territory.

The Polish army fought for freedom on many fronts; in Poland, the Battle of Britain, in Italy and Monte Cassino, Narvik, Norway and other areas. But it didn’t bring freedom for Poland.

EpilogueThe Conference at Yalta Crimea, USSR,

was held Feb. 4 to 11, 1945, by American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian Marshal Joseph Stalin. They decid-ed the future of Poland.

Stalin demanded the eastern part of Poland – Lwow, Wilno, and many other towns like the one my mother lived in. Stalin also demanded to take Poland under his wing and set up a communist government there. Poland was not very important to Roosevelt or Churchill so they agreed. The Polish army had fought and died for nothing.

Poland did not regain her freedom!

The Polish army that had fought with the Allies wanted to have an independent gov-ernment elected by the people – not one ruled by the Soviets. That’s why, on return to Poland, the Polish soldiers were treated as enemies of Soviet Russia.

When the war was over, my husband’s moth-er wrote us and told us not to come back home. “Stay where you are. If you come back, you will be sent back to Siberia,” she wrote. She also told us my mother was alive and had been ordered by the Russians to leave her home and go onto the Polish side of the border because her house was in the newly acquired Russian territory. She also said in her letter that my brother was taken by the Russians, beaten and sent to a pris-on somewhere in Siberia. My two younger sisters were also taken to Germany for hard labour. When I heard the news I cried so much I thought my heart would break.

We knew it was too dangerous to return to Poland. When my husband had been in Canada for navigation school, he knew how it was there, so we decided to come and live in Canada.

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Haig-Brown was referring to the start of World War II, and although Canada did not declare war against Germany until one week after his letter was written, he assumed rightly that our country would be involved in the European conflict. He also predicted in his letter that Canadians would be called upon to increase productivity in resource industries. In our region, many men were employed in the resource industries of logging, fishing and mining. These were deemed ‘necessary’ industries, and workers were exempt from active service abroad.

Haig-Brown himself served overseas, but many other British Columbians became involved in serving at home; especially as awareness increased of the threat that was posed by advancing Japanese forces.

Local fishermen were encouraged to join the Fisherman’s Reserve, or what affectionately became known as the ‘Gumboot Navy’,

formed in 1939. The fishermen’s intimate knowledge of coastal waters and inlets made them ideal as watchmen for Japanese boats, planes and submarines and several were also employed in running supplies to coastal defence outposts such as Yorke Island, and serving in examination vessels. Boats such as the Van Isle, the Westcoast, the Moolock, the Stanpoint, the Allaverdy, the San Tomas and the Santa Maria, familiar to this coast, formed part of this unique fleet.

On land, the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers (PCMR) was formed in March of 1942 and made use of men who had knowledge of local terrain like trappers and loggers, and it involved older men and youth. By 1943, 15,000 men in BC were organized into 126 companies.

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30 man unit. The members of this volunteer organization were issued hats, badges, dog tags and rifles. They had weekly training under their unit commander where they learned to read maps and participate in drill sessions and gunnery practice. The Comox Argus reported on September 17, 1942 that “the gallant band [is] taking to the woods against the Japs, who have invaded the Island. They are doing some fancy shooting with bren and sten guns and other assorted weapons.”

Women were challenged with feeding their families when basic items like sugar, butter, coffee and tea were rationed and difficult to obtain. Ramona Vanstone remembered that “you had to have a book of coupons and coupons had to be turned in for any of the rationed commodities… and there were many other things which were unobtainable or in short supply.”

One of these items were stockings and this lead to the fashion of painting legs. “These were the first seamless stockings,” Ramona explained.

Organizations such as the Women’s Institute organized fund raising activities, and pro-moted Victory gardens and support for the Red Cross service. All citizens had to be conscious of black out regulations and every-one was on the lookout for Japanese fire balloons, which were seen over the Island, but fortunately posed a harmless threat.

Local groups might not have seen any action, but there was a strong spirit of communal effort towards a common end and a read-iness to defend the homeland. When we remember past conflicts this November 11, and honour the many soldiers who fought overseas, we should also give thanks to those who contributed to the war effort on our own shores.

At Home Defence: Our region engaged in World War II

Recruits to be trained for the Signal Corps getting ready to depart Campbell River. Submitted by the CR Museum

The Columbia (Columbia Coast Mission ship), and three Fisherman’s Reserve boats, the Stanpoint, Santa Maria and San Tomas docked at Yorke Island.Submitted by the CR Museum

Troops arriving at Yorke Island.Submitted by the CR Museum

By Catherine GilbertAuthor of “Yorke Islandand the Uncertain War”Museum at Campbell River

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In life one man can seldom seeHis impact in societyOur soldiers fight to blinded eyesTo allow us all to live our livesTaking up arms against a foeTo save us from the pain they knowTo give us all out libertyThey bear the brunt of miseryNo greater duty can one bearAn act of courage few would dareEndless sacrifices for 4 yearsKeeping back our greatest fearsNovember 11th is a day of love To remember those now up aboveMen and women far too greatTo be remembered upon one dateNo words bring justice to their fight But I will try with all my mightTo bring them honour for the daysThey fought to alay such evil waysNo act of love could be so grand As one brave soldier’s final standSo now I will say at lastWe must remember what has past Those who have died and those who liveAnd all the thanks to them we giveThey are all those who meet the call Preserving good for one and allSo on this day I ask you prayFor heroes of our memoryThank for your sacrificeIt was this act that gave us life.

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Both of my grandfathers served in WWI for the duration of the world. It’s hard to imagine the physical and mental trauma that they suffered. My mater-nal grandfather, Fred Grimshaw (right, private with the 53rd Bn, Canadian infantry, survived the war after being severely injured at Lens, France (near Vimy). Fred Grimshaw was born in Urmston near Manchester, England. He and his brother immigrated to Canada in the early 1900s and worked as farm labourers in southern Manitoba. Fred met my grandmother, Ethel Oles while working on their Wakopa, Manitoba farm. Fred spent two of the four war years hospitalized for various injuries. He was wounded by a bullet that went through his right arm and suffered shrapnel injuries to his legs and arm. He also suffered from keratitis, con-junctivitis, diphtheria, tonsillitis and the flu. According to his military medic-al records, a gangrene infection was discovered when a bomb casing was removed from his leg after an explosion at Lens. He was lame for the duration of his short life. When Fred returned home, he married my grandmother Ethel Oles and they had two children, Joyce and Brian. Unfortunately, tra-gedy struck in 1935 when Fred died from a blood clot following surgery for gallstones. It’s ironic that Fred survived the war and then died after having an operation in Canada. After serving his country, no war pension was granted to his widow who was left to support two children. Fred Grimshaw sent a postcard to Canada on June 27, 1918. He was writing to his future mother-in-law. “My Dear Mrs. Oles, Many thanks for the parcel you sent me. I sent the tea and sugar home to mother (living in Urmston, England) as they need it worse than I do. It’s getting very scarce over there. I am getting on pretty well. My eyes are giving me a lot of bother though so I am wearing dark glass-es now. I will write a letter in a few days when my eyes feel a little better. Hopefully, you are all well. Best of Love, Fred.” Sadly, I never met my grand-father, Fred Grimshaw due to his early and tragic demise.

After enlisting for WWII on June 23rd, 1941, in Vancouver, my father, Robert

Beaton (left) was sent for training at Camp Vernon and then to Petawawa in Ontario. He began his military career in the first survey regiment as a recruit with artillery calibration. He was then transferred to the X troop, P battery, 2nd survey regiment. He served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He doesn’t talk much about the war but did relate a story upon his return home. “At the end of the war, after being hospitalized with trench foot, I joined up with the 108th battery, 2nd anti-tank survey regiment. We had to wait until the end of December before we could return home. In the meantime, the military had us soldering tins for London’s Huntley & Palmer’s biscuit factory, to keep us busy. Finally, we came back to Halifax and took the train right across Canada, letting troops off as we went along. The unit was supposed to stay together but as soon as the train started going across Canada, people would get off, some at Montreal, some at Winnipeg and some at Calgary and so on. By the time we got into B.C., there were just two of us left. I was being sent to Trail because I had become a member of the 108 battery that had been recruited in Trail so therefore the 108th battery would be disbanded in Trail. Of course, I had never seen Trail before. The only other guy left on the train, had never seen Trail either. Just two of us! The whole town turned out to greet the 108th battery and just two of us stepped off the train. As soon as they saw there were only two, they didn’t stay long. It’s the way the army works. Ridiculous. I had to spend the weekend in Trail and I was glad to get out of there on Monday morning to get the train that took us back to Vancouver where I had enlisted. I got to Vancouver about Dec. 20 almost four years to the day that I had originally arrived in England.” Dad was discharged in January of 1946. One positive outcome of the war, was that Dad’s

university education at U.B.C. was paid for because of his military service. Soldiers received one month of education for every month of service. This includ-ed tuition, and room and board which was $60.00 per month at the time. Dad obtained his degree in Geological Engineering at the age of thirty. He is now ninety-one and lives in Vancouver with his devoted wife of sixty years, Joyce.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my grand-fathers and father for giving up four years of their lives to serve their country. Their lives were ever changed from war and we are forever indebted as our generation has greatly benefited from their sac-rifices. – Laurel Lahay

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A field of poppies has come to symbolize the soldiers who lost their lives while fighting in battle.

Throughout history, millions of sol-diers have marched into wars to pro-tect the freedoms of their countries. Remembrance Day is a solemn time to commemorate those soldiers’ achieve-ments and sacrifices and to pay respects to soldiers who died in battle.

In the United States, people honour their present and past military on Veterans’ Day. In British commonwealth coun-tries and territories, including Canada, November 11 is known as Remembrance Day. Since the end of World War I, memorials to remember those of the armed forces who fought in battle and perished in the line of duty have been dedicated on this day.

Armistice Day originsRemembrance Day was once known as Armistice Day because it marks the signing of the armistice that put an end to the hostilities of World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, guns fell silent after more than four years of continu-ous warfare between the Germans and Allied troops. The armistice agreement was signed in a French train carriage at 11 a.m. Later, the carriage where the historic event took place was placed in a specially constructed building to serve as a monument to the defeat of Germany. Although it was moved by German forces and later destroyed dur-ing World War II, after that war ended a replacement carriage, correct in every detail, was rededicated on Armistice Day in 1950.

Remembrance Day evolutionArmistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day after World War II to commemorate soldiers from both world wars. It is now used as a way to pay homage to any fallen soldier.

Each year a national ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, a monument erected as a memorial to soldiers buried elsewhere. The Queen will lay the first wreath at the Cenotaph, while others will leave wreaths and small wooden crosses.

In Canada, Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday in many provinces and territories. Official national ceremonies are held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Events begin with the tolling of the Carillon in the Peace Tower, during which mem-bers of the Canadian Forces participate and congregate at Confederation Square. Similar ceremonies take place in prov-incial capitals across the country. Very often moments of silence are offered for lost lives.

What about the poppies?One of the unifying symbols of Remembrance Day is the poppy that is worn to honour lost sol-diers. The bold, red color of the flower has become an enduring symbol of those who died so that others may be free.

The poppy became a symbol for a specific reason. Some of the most concentrated and bloody fighting of World War I took place in Flanders, a region in western Belgium. As a result of the fighting, most signs of nat-ural life had been obliterated from the region, leaving behind mud and not much else. The only

living thing to survive was the poppy flower, which bloomed with the coming of the warm weather the year after fighting in the region had ceased. Poppies grow in disturbed soil and can lie dormant in the ground without germinating. Without the war, they may have never come to the surface.

John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, was moved by the vision of pop-pies flowering in Flanders and wrote a poem titled “In Flanders Fields.” After the poem was pub-lished, it received international acclaim, and the poppy became a popular symbol of those lost in battle.

Men traditionally wear the poppy on the left side of the chest, where a military medal would be placed. Women wear it on the right side because that is where a widow would wear her husband’s medals.

Remembrance Day is celebrated every year, providing people humbled by the sacrifices of sol-diers an opportunity to remem-ber those soldiers’ efforts to secure freedom.


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ments and sacrifices made by those who served Canada in the defence of freedom and so have contributed to the development of Canada as a nation.The virtual memorial also contains images of individual Canadians and their experiences. You are invited to send us digital images of photographs and memorabilia relevant to Canada’s war dead.To start, search the Canadian Virtual War

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Estimated Veteran Population as of March 2013**

Second World War 91,400; their average age is 89.Korean War 9,900; their average age is 81.CF Veterans 594,300; their average age is 56.(Regular Forces and Primary Reserves)

**The total male Second World War and Korean War Veteran population is based on the 1971 Census which posed the following question to men 35 years and over: “Did you have any wartime service in the active military forces of Canada or allied countries?” This estimate included members of the allied forces residing in Canada. The estimates of the Veteran population that the Census provided were since supplemented with a 1988 Statistics Canada Labour Force survey that validated the estimated number of male Veterans in 1988 based on mortality rates applied to Census figures. The survey also captured female Veterans. The information provided by the Census and the Labour Force Survey along with methods to age the estimates forward and apply mortality rates produces the current estimates of the Veteran population. These estimates are updated when Statistics Canada produces revised life tables. The last life tables were published in August 2006 for 2000-02 and were applied to Veteran estimates from the Census starting with the year 2003.


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Please wear a poppyby Don Crawford, 1960s

“Please wear a poppy," the lady saidAnd held one forth, but I shook my head.

Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there,Her face was old and lined with care;

But beneath the scars the years had madeThere remained a smile that refused to fade.

A boy came whistling down the street,Bouncing along on care-free feet.His smile was full of joy and fun,

"Lady," said he, "may I have one?"When she'd pinned it on he turned to say,

"Why do we wear a poppy today?"

The lady smiled in her wistful wayAnd answered, "This is Remembrance Day,

And the poppy there is the symbol forThe gallant men who died in war.

And because they did, you and I are free -That's why we wear a poppy, you see."

"I had a boy about your size,With golden hair and big blue eyes.

He loved to play and jump and shout,Free as a bird he would race about.

As the years went by he learned and grewand became a man - as you will, too."

"He was fine and strong, with a boyish smile,But he'd seemed with us such a little while

When war broke out and he went away.I still remember his face that day

When he smiled at me and said, Goodbye,I'll be back soon, Mom, so please don't cry."

"But the war went on and he had to stay,And all I could do was wait and pray.

His letters told of the awful fight,(I can see it still in my dreams at night),

With the tanks and guns and cruel barbed wire,And the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire."

"Till at last, at last, the war was won -And that's why we wear a poppy son."

The small boy turned as if to go,Then said, "Thanks, lady, I'm glad to know.

That sure did sound like an awful fight,But your son - did he come back all right?"

A tear rolled down each faded check;She shook her head, but didn't speak.

I slunk away in a sort of shame,And if you were me you'd have done the same;

For our thanks, in giving, if oft delayed,Though our freedom was bought - and thousands paid!

And so when we see a poppy worn,Let us reflect on the burden borne,

By those who gave their very allWhen asked to answer their country's call

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Ottawa – The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today met with community, private and public sec-tor leaders from across Canada at the inaugural National Conference on Ending Homelessness. The conference, host-ed by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, brought together policy makers, funders, researchers, advocates, community leaders and front-line workers to address the issue of homelessness in Canada.

“One homeless Veteran on the streets is one too many. That’s why the Government of Canada is working to prevent and

reduce homelessness among Veterans,” said Minister Fantino. “Our Government is working hard to build new partnerships to help ensure homeless Veterans and those who are at risk of becoming home-less are getting the care and support they need.”

“Our Government is committed to work-ing with our partners to address this complex issue,” said the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development). “We will work with Veterans Affairs to help provide our homeless Veterans with greater access to the assistance and services that they

require.”

Over the past several years, Veterans Affairs Canada has provided informa-tion on its programs and services to approximately 200 community organiz-ations that support homeless and at-risk Veterans in more than 50 cities across the country. Veterans Affairs Canada is also involved with outreach initiatives in Vancouver, Halifax, Calgary, Montréal, Toronto and Ottawa in partnership with Veterans’ and community organizations.

Veterans Affairs Canada has an emer-gency fund to assist Veterans in meeting urgent needs for which there are no other income sources available. Veterans in crisis can also access emergency funds from other sources, including the Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund and the Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund.

In 2012, Employment and Social Development Canada and Veterans Affairs Canada undertook a two-year pilot project on transitional housing and support for homeless Veterans, includ-ing assistance with reintegration into the community, in four locations: Victoria, Calgary, Toronto and London. The goal of the pilot project is to help homeless Veterans live independently in their com-munities. The findings of the pilot project will help Veterans Affairs Canada inform direction on the services and benefits

that are needed by homeless Veterans.

Minister Fantino took the opportunity at the conference to launch the new Veterans Affairs Canada web section devoted to homelessness. The page pro-vides a one-stop hub for all of Veterans Affairs Canada’s homelessness related information, making it easier for front-line workers to find information they need to help homeless Veterans.

“Through strong partnerships with com-munity organizations, provinces, territor-ies and other Government of Canada departments, we can give the Veterans who have always taken such great care of Canadians the support they need when they need it,” said Minister Fantino.

The Speech from the Throne reaffirmed the Government of Canada’s commit-ment to continue helping Veterans re-es-tablish themselves, including through out-reach and support to homeless Veterans.

Community leaders and organizations who support the homeless can find more information on the benefits and servi-ces Veterans Affairs Canada provides to homeless Veterans or those at risk of becoming homeless at veterans.gc.ca.

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In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.

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David M. Blackburn saw action in France, Belgium, and Holland during WWII. He belonged to the XII Manitoba Dragoons, 18th Armoured Car Regiment. He drove an armoured car and was one of the first to reach the Seine River in France. He has many stor-ies to tell. He returned to Canada at New Years, 1945. This photo was taken Nov 11th, 2012.

Now at 91, he resides in Evergreen Seniors Home.

My dad, William Douglas Anderson was a Flight Sergeant who trained at Number 3 Bombing and Gunnery School – MacDonald, Manitoba. He didn’t talk about the war much. He was an active legion member run-ning the meat draw and solicited businesses for Remembrance Day wreaths for years. He passed away November 23, 1991. We donated his uniform to the Vancouver Island Military Museum in Nanaimo.

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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her � esh they were, spirit of spirit,Fallen in the cause of the free.Solemn the drums thrill: Death August and royalSings sorrow up into immortal spheres.There is music in the midst of desolationAnd a glory that shines upon our tears.They went with songs to the battle, they were young,Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.They mingle not with laughing comrades again;They sit no more at familiar tables of home;They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;They sleep beyond England’s foam.But where our desires are and our hopes profound,Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,To the innermost heart of their own land they are knownAs the stars are known to the Night;As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,To the end, to the end, they remain.– Laurence Binyon

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The New Veterans Charter is a more complete approach to helping our men and women injured in the line of duty.

It is about providing Veterans with the help they need, for as long as they need it. And it is never too late for Veterans to get that help.

No amount of money can compensate for a life-al-tering injury or illness; however, the New Veterans Charter offers real hope.

It provides financial secur-ity for as long as Veterans are unable to be gainfully employed, and it offers the programs that injured and ill Veterans need to lead more healthy, rewarding and independent lives.

Those who are the most injured get the most help.

The key to the New Veterans Charter is that it shifts the focus from a life-time of disability to encour-aging “wellness” — which is what our men and women really want most.

It also breaks new ground by extending many pro-grams to Veterans’ families.

The Pension Act could not do these same things for our modern-day Veterans. Its focus was on being dis-abled forever.

Under the pension system, Veterans only receive a monthly cheque (at an average of $800/month) and some related health care. That is particularly unacceptable for increas-ingly younger Veterans, who are releasing from the Canadian Forces at an aver-age age of 36 years old.

The Disability Award is only one important part of the financial support available to ill and injured Veterans. The sole intent of the Disability Award is to compensate for the pain and suffering of an injury or illness.

Other ongoing monthly financial supports are avail-able so that Veterans and their families can focus on what matters most: getting better.

Seriously injured Veterans may receive financial sup-port for the rest of their lives.

The Government of Canada regards the NVC as a living document that will be amended and adjusted as circumstances require. In this respect, the Government recently implemented legislative and regulatory changes which total $2 billion over the life of the programs. Beginning with an immediate $189 million over the next five years, these changes increase support for severe-ly injured Veterans and their families who face the greatest challenges making the transition to civilian life,

New Veterans Charterand ensure ill and injured Veterans have an adequate income.Under this new legislation, known as the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act, Regular Force

Veterans in receipt of the Earnings Loss benefit are guaranteed a minimum of $40,000/year in pre-tax income for as long as they are in the Rehabilitation Program or,

if they are unable to work again, until age 65.Under the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act, eligibil-ity criteria for the Permanent

Impairment Allowance (PIA) and the Exceptional Incapacity Allowance have been broadened. Recipients of the PIA may also be eligible for a new $1,000 monthly

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