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[Bordts, Pearl - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

526751

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1999/2000 ?

Item number (ISN):

526751

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE FONDS / FONDS DU MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE

Accession:

2016-0078

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1999/2000 ?

Production company:

Directorate of History and Heritage
Department of National Defence
Lisa Banister
Directorate Materiel Group Human Resources

Description:

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Pearl Bordts participated in an oral history interview conducted by Lisa Bannister. The interview was used to create a first-person narrative for Bannister's published work "Equal to the Challenge: An Anthology of Women's Experiences during World War II." Bordts was living in Winnipeg, MB when the war broke out. Her family had recently lost their farm due to the depression, the dust bowl, and grasshoppers so the war was seen as a great change and an opportunity for work. In 1941 she began to work for McDonald's Aircraft, making airplanes. Two years later she joined the army with falsified ID cards. She enlisted because other family members were serving overseas and she was fascinated by her mother's stories of nursing during the First World War. She was sent to Kitchener for basic training, Woodstock, ON for a motor transport course, before being posted to Halifax. All these postings provided her many opportunities to meet women from across the country and servicemen from other countries. She remembers the chaos of VE-Day and the Halifax riots, the underground ammunitions explosion that resulted in the evacuation of Halifax, and the slightly tamer chaos of D-Day. After the war she joined the militia, teaching weapons. Beck takes pride in being Canadian and defending the freedom the country offers.

Language:

English

Original number:

2004/6

Notes:

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1. Tape Speed: 2.4cm.~2. First draft of narrative produced from the content of the interview is available.

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Vault ISN:

842849

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

33524AV
33525AV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MICRO CA

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

restricted by law

Restrictions on consultation:

Closed for consultation. Protected material. Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Reproduction access:

With written permission from the copyright holder.

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