Tag: Canadian War Museum

‘War Hero of the Family’: Canadian War Museum Acquires Three More Victoria Crosses

November 10, 2022
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The story of Pte. James Peter Robertson was well-known in Peter Harris’s family. During the First World War, the Canadian soldier singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun nest at Passchendaele. He then led his unit to their objective before a shell killed him while he was trying to save a comrade. Now, Harris is hoping…

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Canadian War Museum Oral History Project Examines War’s Aftermath

November 3, 2022
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The pride in Blanche Bennett’s voice was evident as she vividly recounted the day 80 years ago when she volunteered to serve in the ’s Army Corps. Bennett, who turns 100 on Nov. 12, was just 19 when she signed up in 1942 to become one of the nearly 46,000 women who served their country…

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