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Beairsto, Horace Lyle - Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

72222

Titre de la série :

The Royal Canadian Legion

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1986-04-03

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

72222

Genre de documents :

Documents sonores

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores

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Notice descriptive – Détails

Fonds/collection :

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, THE

No d'acquisition :

1987-0506

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

3 of 3

Date de production :

1986-04-03

Compagnie de production :

Lori Raine (Interviewer)

Commanditaire :

The Royal Canadian Legion

Description :

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Oral history interview of Horace Beairsto of Sedgewick, Alberta. He speaks about the following subjects: his parents and siblings; his education; his recollections of his childhood; his wife and children; his memory of what he was doing when the Second World War was declared; his brothers Frank and Carl, who were killed while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force; his military service, first with the 14th Calgary Tank Reserve in 1942 and then joining the active force in Mewata Depot Military District 13; his military training in Calgary, Camrose and Valcartier; sailing to England on the ship Queen Elizabeth; places where he was stationed in England after completing his training; being assigned to drive vehicles such as Bren gun carriers, scout cars, tanks to different bases in England; transporting Bren gun carriers to garages in the south of England so that they could be waterproofed in preparation for the Normandy invasion; loading Bren gun carriers onto barges or freight cars as buzz bombs were overhead; his service in the central Mediterranean and Europe; travelling to Italy on a troop ship called the Argentine under corvette escort; joining the Fourth Battalion; six weeks of mountain training in Avellino; moving to the Adriatic; doing reconnaissance with the Prince Louise Dragoon Guards (nicknamed The Plugs); service in France; back to a discussion about combat in Italy; his recollection of three soldiers killed on 15 December 1944; getting wounded by a hand grenade fragment; spending Christmas Day at the 14th Field General Hospital at Perugia; rejoining his regiment; sailing from Italy to the south of France on a Liberty Ship; service in Netherlands about one month before the war ended; patrolling a triangle between Amersfoort, Apeldoorn and Nijkerk in Bren gun carriers; how he spent his time off duty; seeing his two younger brothers, Carl and Dick, while he was on duty in England; hearing the news that his brother Carl had been killed during a raid over the Ruhr Valley; his recollection that when he heard that the war was over he had a strange feeling because he was used to thinking about only one day at a time and it was hard to imagine a whole future ahead of him; how he and his comrades celebrated when the war was over, holding a party with a family in the Netherlands; going on leave in Scotland after the war; rejoining the regiment in Hilversum; street parties in the Netherlands when the war was over; holding a party for local children, who were weak from hunger; moving 50,000 prisoners of war from Rotterdam to The Hague; his postwar jobs in civilian life, such as working in his father's store, working for Begg Brothers Motors in Vancouver; running a farm and mink ranch in Sedgewick; his current job with Beairsto Brothers Limited and his 22 years as an officer with the 1752 Sedgewick Cadet Corps.

Langue :

English

Remarques :

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1. See binder for release form.~2. See collection file for biographical data sheet and finding aid.~3. Subject description based on transcript.

Détails de l'inventaire :

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

71219

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1987-0506/705
1987-0506/707

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

2

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG

No. de voûte (ISN) :

143914

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1987-0506/706

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG

No. de voûte (ISN) :

576144

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

72222-1987-0506-705-S1.wav
72222-1987-0506-705-S2.wav
72222-1987-0506-706-S1.wav
72222-1987-0506-706-S2.wav
72222-1987-0506-707-S1.wav
72222-1987-0506-707-S2.wav

Nombre de pièces :

6

Type de son :

WAV

Durée :

248:47

Tiré de :

1987-0506/705
1987-0506/706
1987-0506/707

Statut :

MASTER

No. de voûte (ISN) :

576145

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

72222-1987-0506-705-S1.mp3
72222-1987-0506-705-S2.mp3
72222-1987-0506-706-S1.mp3
72222-1987-0506-706-S2.mp3
72222-1987-0506-707-S1.mp3
72222-1987-0506-707-S2.mp3

Nombre de pièces :

6

Type de son :

MP3

Durée :

248:47

Tiré de :

1987-0506/705
1987-0506/706
1987-0506/707

Statut :

REF
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Conditions d'accès :

Restreint par créateur/donateur

Numéro d'identification GENCAT :

MSS 25280

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