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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-08-10, Page 7THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944 The Lucknow Sentuiel, Luc.T at,w, Ontario WITH THE TROOPS PAGE SEVEN. Carmin McQui]lin of Peta- wawa Army Cainp has been vis- 1.ting with friends and relatives sere. - Carman expects he may ;oon go. overseas. His father and Jrother, Sam, are both in France. Pte. D. H. Jewitt who has been stationed in British Columbia, .is on .furlough at his .home here..• M.rs. Tyndal ,Robinson' has 're- I ceived word from her son Charles who is overseas with the Can- adian Army, having arrived there, recently. Pte. • Melvin Johnstone 'who. taking 'a drivi.ng, .course in Wood- stock ' spent a short •week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Johnstone, Mrs. Frank Ritchie received word -.recently that her brother, Gnr. Lloyd McAuley, is in `" France. Lloyd mentioned seeing both Elliott and George, Web- ster. • Capt. F. Douglas MacKenzie, of the R.C':A-M:C.,'son '. of Rev. and Mrs, F. Scott MacKenzie of Mon- treal, is serving in •France ;at No. 6 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station: Cpl. Gcrdon McGregor nas been ih France with the Can- adian Forces since the invasion commenced. As yethe hasn't con -1 tacted' any boys : fromLucknow or Kintail, where he was raised. Gordon's mother, Mrs.- S. Mc- Gregor is making her home at present. at Delburne, Arberta, with Mrs. David MacDonald. Cnderhent Operation Overseas Mr. and Mrs, W. R: - Hamilton cif Huron Township have receiv ed word from their son Alvin, who is convalescing favorably after undergoing an appendect omy in England on July 21st. Alvin is . serving with the Can -1 adian Arrny overseas. • PO. 'Colin Crozier has been. 'spending .`his furlough at the home 'of his mother, Mrs. Wm. Crozier of'.'Crewe- Colin has been acting as an instructor at Crum: lin, but expects ere long 'to pro- ceed overseas.' . _ Spr. Kenneth Laidlaw has been f posted to the Canadian Engin-. r. ..eers.:training- :training— - Chilli-- wack. For the time being Mrs. Laidlaw is visiting with her par- , .ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hun- ter of. Ashfield. Slightly. Wounded George Webster, son of Mrs. Violet Webster o.f Kincardine._ was slightly wounded in action in Normandy on July 25th. Geo. enlisted .in the 97th Battery Gsoon after the outbreak of war in 1939 but since going overseas Was transferred to the 45th 'Battery.. Now In. France Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burns haee received word from; their son. Jim who ,� in France with the Canadian Army. Jimlikes the country and is quite .at home. He says he "could tell a lot of inter- esting : details about the journey • over if- permitted. "Write often and don't worry", he concluded. Wounded Second Time` , Gunner Leroy Walden. son cf. Mr. and Mrs A. B. Walden. ,:f 'Huron Twp., ..has ' been 'wounded in. action forthe second 'tirrle during the war. He took part in the raid on Dieppe and t;gas wounded there. .A few days ago, his parents were informed he was wounded again. with. leg injuris. Thirty - six hours after being wounded, he was in hospital in f England. Wounded In Italy , Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Andre\v, R. 7, Lucky -low, received a letter re- Gently from Harvey Lasenby which:he wrote n a Military hos- pital in Italy where he is' con- valescing, from wounds received. presumably in. "the big push.. which he referred 'to. Harvey. formerly of Ashfield) Township, is a member of. the Perth Regi- ment. His letter was dated June 30t1s; `acrd sa'icie he e x? ,ted- a _. be able to, get .up before long. . He made no mention of how he received his wounds. apart from this reference: ' 1. was pretty lucky. I got the most of my wounds on the legs and hips. There is a hole in my 'right ear drum, but they think it will come.. Pte. W. D. Reed of Debert is armored car. The captain he was home on leave for a few days. drivin was killed shortly atter In France Howard Reed, son of Mr. and. Mrs. W. G. Reed has been in France this last month. Letters are coming quite regularly and 1 just take a little over a week to aPrive here. LANDED WITH INVASION- FORCES -'IN`ASIONFORCES ON D -DA 1 Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Krlpatriek -of Ashfield have received a most interesting -'letter from Sgmn- I Tom Anderson, son' of Mrs. Hel- 1 en Anderson ,nf London and .for- merly : of Lucknow. Tom landed in France On D -Day with a Bri- tish -brigade and remained with them for three- days before joining his own unit on the Can- adian sector. Although a signal- man, .so far., Torry , has been doing little at his own 'special job, and has been for the most part at the wheel• of either a jeep or an Landing, . yet Tu.m confines his description of these first few days as being "hectic enough". "The scale of the .invasion was really magnificent", he said. "As we were coming in on the beach ,as far as you could see on the water there were ships, landing ,craft. escort ,vessels, mine sweepers and everything yc.u', could imagine". . Tim said the shelling cf their position wasn't too' bad, but. the trench mortars were about the, worst they had to contend with. When the letter was written on June 19th; Tom hadn't ''put too much confidence in the `French. up to that ,point. ,Regarding the Allied air support, it seemed .at times there wasn't room in. the sky for all the `planes: Tom con- cluded his letter this .way: • "I wish someone would tell 'that .old squarehead he's licked , and let us get home to running a store again". Torn was in charge -of a big shoe store in Guelph prior to en- listing. Since going . overseas he has married, and has a young • son, Michael. KlNLOUG • • • • Mr. and :Mrs- Fred Johnstone of Listowel and Mr. Jas.- John- stone of Kincardine visited with friends here during the week. Mr.and Mrs-- Bert Zuebrigg and` son Kenneth of Hamilton and Mi$'$ Jean Coursey of L.ucan . w.ere • ,recent visifor4 with.Mr.' and Mrs. Wesley' Boyle. , Mr. and Mrs. T. J= 'McKinney of ,Parkhill,, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brundett of Toronto, Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Borthwick of St. Cather - hies were week -end Nktisitors with Mr. and Mrs. 'Jim Hodgins. Yes. sir, I wear it on my arm and, I'M proud of, it. For, G.S. means General Service — on any fighting front anywhere in the world. It means that I. want to go overseas. Canada needs a lot of men like you and me. I know it's going to be tough, but the job .has, got to be done. So, sign up as a volunteer for overseas service. Remember it takes months of thorough train- ing to make you fighting fit. tome on fellows — let's go! • • a. J.• y WEAR IT 011 YOUR ARM .