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Dear Editor:
It is hoped that a detective
story without murder, fraud
or other crime may be suf-
ficiently novel as to win
space in your paper.
There is such a story of a
Canadian Army unit ..that
served throughout Europe
WW2. This unit, the 65
TANK TRANSPORT COY.
RCASC was disbanded in
Holland in 1945. Ex -
members departed for civy
street in every part of
Canada and contact between
individuals was lost.
Twenty eight years later,
two former members met in
Flin Flon, Manitoba and
speculated on what had
happened to their wartime
friends. It was decided to try
for some answers. It should
be noted that a 28 year old
trail is a cold trail and dif-
we get letters
ficult to follow. The first
answer was a shock, a man
remembered as a happy jok
ing youth and unit favorite
was found dying in an Ed-
monton hospital. A notice in
the Legion magazine
produced eight replies, all
from the area between
Sydney, N.S. and Powell
River, B.C. (a truly
generous hunting preserve).
The search became a chain
reaction as the members
when found joined in the
endeavour. After some
progress had been made, the
undertaking was organized
by province with exchange
of information. Leads were
dredged up from memory,
unit daily orders (source Ot-
tawa Records), from old ad-
dress books, phone books,
old photos, etc.
Four and a half years of
detective work has located
210 living ex -members and
about 35 deceased out of a
possible 700. The search con-
tinues.
Will anyone reading this,
please check with your WW2
army acquaintances, if a
65th man be found, please
advise him of a company
reunion to be held at North
Bay, Ontario, July 7,8,9,
1978. For reunion details and
other important informa-
tion, he should contact
Maurice Rainsforth, P.O.
Box 1071, Stirling, Ontario,
613-395-3052 (or the writer).
L.L. Purdy
P.O. Box 145
Waterloo, P.Q.
JOE 2N0
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