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[MacKenzie, Alison - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

526812

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2000

Item number (ISN):

526812

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:

1 of 1

Production date:

2000

Production company:

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

Description:

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Alison MacKenzie participated in an oral history interview conducted by Lisa Bannister in 2000. 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." MacKenzie was sixteen when the war broke out and just one year away from graduating high school. When she did leave school, she found there were few job opportunities but managed to find a job with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics after the 1940 census. She began to feel that she need to contribute to the war effort and enlisted with the Air Force in 1941. Her first posting was in Ottawa at a conference for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan where she was responsible for personally delivering documents to the embassies in Ottawa and to the Prime Minister. After the conference she was sent to a number of training schools to take various communications courses. She was drafted overseas and arrived in Liverpool on July 1, 1943. She was stationed at #6 Group Headquarters for the Canadian Bomber Command listening for emergency signals. She found everyday life to be a challenge and had to learn not to dwell on the deaths. After the war she was sent home where she noticed the difference between Canada and Britain. Canadians were less appreciative for what they had. Time in the service provided excitement, companionship, opportunities to learn about other people and serve ones country with pride.

Language:

English

Original number:

2004/6

Notes:

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1. Tape speed: 1.2cm.~2. First draft of narrative produced from the content of the interview is available.

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Vault ISN:

842866

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

33553AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MICRO CA

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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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.

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With written permission from the copyright holder.

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