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The hoinefront during WWII was just as important
BY GARIT REID
Sentinel Staff
Warren Wylds of. Lucknow was
just a young man of 20 when he
enlisted in theinfantry in
September of .1943 as were many
young Canadian men whO wanted
to serve their country.
Wyld's experiences vv* not on
the battlefield, but on the: .home -
front, which was equall por-
tant. Everything done at Th - dur-
ing the war was in total support of
everything gong on in &toes like
Europe and Italy,
Before entering the military
Wylds worked as a foreman at the
Maple Leaf Aircraft in Lucknow
*here he supervised a crew that
made hydraulic systems for landing
wheels for military airplanes; one
of the many things made for the
military at Maple Leaf.
"I had a good time working
there," said Wylds. "I had a good
bunch of girls that made up my
crew. They were excellent wodc-
ers."
Wylds started his basic training in
Chatham where he spent six weeks,
then a few weeks in a holding peri-
od in Windsor, then he was off to
Ipperwash where he sperit another
six weeks.
During training Wylds had a rig-
orous program of weekly marches,
combat and weapons training. He
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learned how to handle guns like the
Sten gun (A British 9 mm subma-
chine gun) and a Bren gun (light
machine gun). Wylds already knew
how to fire a rifle before he started
his training, but it was a learning
experience for him to handle a
faster and slightly bigger gun than a
rifle.
"It was fairly rigid training. We
took 20 mile route marches every
week or two and we had a lot of
military with rifles and bayonets,"
said Wylds. "We also learned how
you could use' your rifle to disarm
another person."
While Wylds was training in
Ipperwash he suffered a back injury
in December of 1943 and he was
categoried back to London, ON.
After sustaining his injury Wylds
spent the rest of hisservice in
Wolseley Barracks in London
where he was designated to rein-
forcement wing. Wylds was
involved with every person that
went through the barracks. Wylds
was there until his service was over
in May of 1946.
"I was involved with everyone
who came through to join the serv-
ices up until 1945," said Wylds.
"There was very few called up after
'45. After that I was just involved
with people coming back from the
war and being discharged.
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