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ROBERT HENRY DRYSDALE

Was a widower with one son and one daughter when he 1......” ,
Dominion Civil Service at. the Manitoba Penitentiary as (yarn-anus.“H
tor. lle served in the First World War and was severely wellhead
Ridge and was missing after that. battle for over six months
was discharged he returned to Canada and immediately I
ment. at Stony Mountain. He joined up as Private and \
with the rank of Sergeant.

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ROBERT HENRY DRIYSDALE, Jr.

Robert Jr. was born on January 27, 1909, at New Weslmlmm. it
and attended school there as well as Halifax and Toronto, ‘

He joined as No. A—65529 with the Light Field Ambulance. td‘ftltrz'sm
with the rank of Private, which was part of the 5th Canadian Arrow.
Defence Corps. He joined on June 25, 1941, and was discharged t’ma 9.
Army on October 12, 19/15, with the rank of Company Serge-3M tidy...
During that period of service many things happened to Rom: h r...
father died when he was overseas. He himself trained in (firmer a...
arrived in England on November 20, .1941. He went to Italy, l...'Y“’;"§té_- s
Naples October, 1943, served before the Gothic Line, Iiitlr-r hm wt t
Gustav Line and the particular battles were Ortono and (‘armz-r.

With his defence he moved! to Belgium in the winter of i9“ hirer...»
in France at Marsallaise and travelled to Ypres, then to (Mama; i...
finally finishing his service in Holland. On his trip to Italy thrw ii'fww:
of his convoy were sunk off Gibraltar and there was a near an.“ a .
torpedo on his ship.

In England he married and brought his bride to Canada in 19“ that
was through the Blitz of London, the battle of London and the \‘«t on; 't r
bomb raids.

Asked if she was injured she replied with the English mun! 5mm.
statement of such a situation, “I was blasted about a bit."

DOR-EEN EL‘SIE DRYSDALE

’Was born in Ericksdale, Manitoba, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Mama
J. Drysdale, Ericksdale, Manitoba, and enlisted April 23, )9”. WM ’4'“?!
R.C.A.F. (W.D.) under N0. W-312802 and was discharged August M. %W
with the rank of Leading Air Woman.

She trained at Rockelift’e, Ontario, until July 23, 1943. then M is?
Wireless School, Montreal, Quebec, as a. Wireless Operator. and at a.»
nary, 1944, took a Hobby Instructor‘s Course (C.L.E.S.) at the tfa'wrt» 5
of British Columbia until August 1944., As Hobby Instructor and 1m?»-
sion Group Leader she was at the following operational units: Sn :23th-
Vancouver, Comox. Vancouver Island, Tofino and Belmont ilouw. cw
Alliford Bay, Queen Charlotte Island.

THE ELLIOTT FAMILY

Six members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. 17:1?“er
Stony Mountain joined the services. Mr. Elliott Sr. served in 9W 3'?
\Vorld \Var. While in England he met: and married and brought N”
wife to Canada. At. the outbreak of Second World War he mm a twat"
of the Staff of the Manitoba Penitentiary.

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FRANCIS J. ELLIOTT, Jr.

d enlisted October
- u- ' London, England, on July 20, 1918, an
it”: tdeit‘i‘intlhc Dental Corps under regimental number 11433013 and
t (“‘1‘ :11 at ltACAF Depot Sidney, Manitoba; Rivers and Shilo also
w ’ffiflix . - - . .
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:5» salve service took him. to London in 1941.

H, W. MM day of October, 1945, he married Peggy Ward Of London,
twins: M She was a member of the Women 5 Army Corps.

3L: runnined in England.

HENRY C. ELLIOTT

' ' ‘ , d enlisted

*' a." t Winni cg, Manitoba, on February 9, 1920, an ‘
rife-Jill: 133939, with the 19th Battery, 3 R.C.A., under regimthal
flail" il‘5112, and was discharged August 13, 1945, With the ran 0

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' ' 4 ' the defence of
lie 3 it his training at Aldershot, England, and during _
mint! ‘llis active service took him to SiClly, Italy, France, Belgium

m? i‘iaiaiittnil.

tr: ikxglnnd he met and married Kathleen Dawson at West Wickham,

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ALBERT EDWARD ELLIOTT

' ‘ ' listed with
is“ . at I-Iamiota, Manitoba, on July 28, 1922. He en
r..:y‘~nim\r\¥"innipeg Rifles on June 19, 1940, under No. 11-40889, later
awn-armour: to the Winnipeg Grenadiers on October 23, 1941.

:i' w : ‘ainin at Cam Shilo, Man, and Camp Debert in Nova
”is: ‘litf {Sinister togthc GrenIadiers took place only a few days before
Mt tor l'long Kong. From the date of. his embarkation until is

* :3 limit in Canada, October 16, 1945, Eddie had never heard from or
«i. we. iii parents, and he was under the impress10n that his father had
2 rt wilt he came to visit him in hospital.

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“T511 IM‘en'ilier 25, 1941, he was taken 131180119r at Hong Kong. an
4.: Mid a prisoner in North Point Prison Camp at Hong Kong, after a
”M: 21:» order, His group did not receive that order until later that
2w.» M they continued fighting until the evening-

it; was then moved to Shamshipo Pl‘iSOY} Camp i.“ Kowloon, Chin}?
aux-am m- wns kept until August 1943. While at this DrlSOn camp e
«an: at building an airport.

is: wax then moved to Japan on a small freighter which lasted over
was. The treatment was very rough and many were Slck- They
M»: itch-«i in the bottom of the ship and weren’t allowed on deck. They
Mints-Ca at (mike and from there went by train to Nigata Camp. Here
W"! wre put to work at an Iron Foundry until the end of the war.
r i camp in Japan 80 Canadians out of 300 died of exposure, starvaé
’mai wt beatings from the Japanese within four months. He worke
tum fi 51.! in hours a day with three meals a day conSISting of a bowl of
twat in: earn meal. This made the prisoners devise other methods of
“"M'v‘iir food. He discovered that white rats made gOOdi eating and
sun“ a delicacy to all of the camp. He has little to‘say aboutthe
“Wt"- tan said the housing conditions were very poor. 'Ihey had httle
"”1 a: amt many died of pneumonia. There was no water for baths
"*t W‘ lice Were thick, causing the men to break out in large sores from
mi. a.» Mics. They received very few Red Cross parcels, h? received
"*5" ‘S‘Wt‘. the Japs ate the rest. Nearly CVQI‘Y one had scabies 1n the

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