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WWII, Records and Photos

Forces:

1.  Auxiliary Territorial Service, WWII

2. Canadian Army Women’s Corps

3.  Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit (NOFU), WWII

4.  Royal Air Force, WWII

5.  Royal Navy / Merchant Navy, WWII

6. Royal Newfoundland Artillery / Royal Newfoundland Regiment, WWII

 

Articles:

1. Halstead Gosse recalls his days in the navy

2. Every Loss a bitter one (Wilson Avery)

3. Time doesn’t heal (Wilson Avery)

4.  Veteran recalls the dark days of Second World War (Leander Drodge)

5. Archibald Frederick Drover – Royal Rifles of Canada

6. N.O.F.U Remembered, by Josh Goobie

 

(Note: Special thanks to the Royal Canadian Legion, Clarenville for providing us with many of the pictures you will see on this page.)

 

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King, Ariel_St. Jones Within
King, George_St. Jones Within
King, Gideon_St. Jones Within
Lambert, Alex_Hatchet Cove
Lambert, Levi George_Hatchet Cove
Loder, George_Hillview
Loder, Nelson_Hillview
Miller, William_St. Jones Within
Norris, Lionel Francis_Northwest Brook
Peddle (nee Hall), Mary_Hodges Cove
Peddle (nee Parfitt) Doris, Hodges Cove
Peddle, Alexander_Hodges Cove
Peddle, Baxter_Hodges Cove
Peddle, Clarence_Hodges Cove
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Peddle, Harold_Hodges Cove
Peddle, John _Hodges Cove
Peddle, Leonard_Hodges Cove
Peddle, Maxwell_Hodges Cove

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- Alexander Lambert, brief history of his military and NOFU service
- Dispatched to see the King
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- Newfoundland Railway Receipt to Jacob Brown, 1936
- Military Storyboards
- Chesley Harrison Pittman, RNA 970894
- Royal Air Force, WWII
- Mary Margaret (Shaw) Lambert
- Marvella (Pitcher) Gibson
- Cora (Churchill) Leaden
- Honouring Southwest Arm Military Women
- Interview with Jonah Dodge
- Catherine (Fieldhouse) Drodge, ATS
- Butter Cove Students, c1955
- N.O.F.U Remembered
- Edwin Chester Avery, NOFU 2468
- Photo of Mary (Robbins) Garland and Ernest Smith
- Ernest Smith, 1924-1942
- Photos added to People of St. Jones Without
- Profile of Caleb Ivany
- Obituary for Delsie Ada (Vey) Barfitt, 1982
- Obituary for Alfred John Barfett, 1971
- Obituary for Thomas Spurrell, 1941
- Obituary for Mary Jane Shaw, 1965
- Photo of the old United Church, Queen's Cove
- Obituary for James Shaw, 1951
- Profile on Jane (Cooper) Benson
- Photo of Teacher Joseph Goobie
- Photos of James and Elizabeth (Benson) Brown
- Marriage photo of Jessie Maud Smith of Island Cove
- New photos added to People of Little Heart's Ease
- Photo of Long Beach restored and colour added
- Photo of Members of SUF
- New photos added to People of Little Heart's Ease
- Living on Rations

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