Yea, couldn't miss that. Dad got out after the war but re-enlisted in 1949. I grew up at RCAF Centralia and Camp Borden, Ont. His last posting was here at CFB Summerside, PEI.

I was kinda thinking you might be in spud island.:)

Dad was finally taken off the reserve list in 1975.

I have to get his war records, but I have to wait until this coming winter.

Unless you have the person written permission to access the archives, then you have to wait until they are dead for 20 years. Still need DoB, SIN# and service number. I got all that, I just need to wait.

My Grandads info is coming from Britain soon.

He was 20 when that pic was taken. Him and me looked exactly the same in the same uniform. He was 1942, I was 1964.

Yea, Dad was from here. I was actually born in Toronto and lived there in the 70's but this little island is home now.

We went through that as well. My brother finally got them a few years ago. Interesting stuff if you can read between the lines. A great thing to have.

Now that Sir, is very cool.:up:

May I ask where in Ontario do you live?

I'm near North Bay.

A few years ago I was up to Silver Dollar a few trips. Like 4 trips a week.

It's a small world. My Mom was born in Capreol, just north of Sudbury.

Rgr that.

~SALUTE~

Camp Wainwright.:salute:

The British Army usually goes to Suffield for live firing exercises.
Locals call it 'the British block'.

I forgot to mention, you got mooned.

Looked more like Canadian bacon to me.:D

I figured the locals were just proud of their pigs and wanted us to see them.:O:

Why do they put pants on them?

Were they military people that were mooning you or civilians?

If it was civilians, then it has to be an Alberta thing. When I was working out there (I am born and raised in Ontario), the Albertans hated me for some unknown reason. I just did my job and didn't fraternise.
Did most of my drinking in a classier bar than most of them would dare go into.

No, they were civilians. The soldiers I met there had more class.

Camp Wainwright isn't very big. We were bivouaced in a tent city in the middle of a large empty field.
The only fun to be had there was catching prairie dogs.:smug: The CO was nice enough to bus us down to the Edmonton mall one weekend. That place is amazing! Plenty of good looking girls. Easy to meet with a fist full of roses to hand out to them.:up:

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Good post and good thread. Thanks all.

That is a civilian thing...They don't like 'newcomers' whether it be fellow Canadians or anyone else. There is only a select few that behave this way.
The rest of Albertans are really nice people.

Why those definitions always sound like boot camp day one.:hmmm:
:haha: