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Headquarters Building, CFB Beaverlodge.

Sargent Thomas Burrows (M25812) joined the army on Sept. 9, 1939 in Edmonton. He served in the Royal canadian Army Medical Corps - 4th Casualty Clearing Station. He went overseas Jan 25, 1940 and was overseas for a year. He was then sent home for medical reasons. He was diagnosed with lip cancer and treated in England and returned to Edmonton Feb 26, 1941. After returning to Edmonton, Tom worked as a caterer at the Sargent's Mess at the Prince of Wales armouries. Then he was stationed in Suffield, AB, at the Experimental Station for 4.5 years. He was discharged in Calgary, Oct 1, 1945.

David Sneddon Burrows (Lance Corporal) M104378 was 18 years old when he joined up with the Royal Canadian Engineers in Grande Prairie Oct 14, 1942. He went to Edmonton for basic training at the Prince of Wales Armouries. He left Edmonton Dec 29, 1942, for Chilliwack, BC, for advanced training until Sept 1943. Then he went to Hamilton, ON to the Canadian Army Training Center for 3 months, back to Chilliwack for 2 months, then to Truro NS for three months. Then he was off to England and was involved in the invasion of Normandy, Juno Beach. He went into Caen, later up into France and Holland. Eventually he was back in England and then home in 1945.

M55649 Cpl. James Pollock, age 41, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, joined up in Calgary, July 24, 1940 and served in Canada until May 21, 1947. In Dec 1940 he was transferred to Victoria and worked as an ambulance driver with R.C.A. Medical Corps. Then he was transferred to the R.C.E. stationed in Victoria. He was discharged in 1947 and drove fire truck out of Work Point Barracks.

Group photograph of the platoon taken inside the unfinished D Coy Armouries in Grande Prairie in January, 1943. Surnames of front row (L-R): Manysiak, Eyenson, Turner, Cave, Thompson, Kaye, Carney, Horn, Letwin, Genest; Second row: (L-R) Martin, Baifitt, Ryon, Unhryon, Sheer, Lewis, Wigelsworth; Third row (L-R): Komarynsky, Batterbee, McPhland, Whiteside, ?, Batterbee, ?, Novodorski, Tilson, Christoferson, Langilier; Back row: (L-R) Ermit, Leach, Bain, Greene, Fritz, Danard, Antson, Demchuck, Arac, McDonald, Unger, Sinclair.

Three army recruits in training, March, 1943: Joseph Yurkowski (standing), L- Mr. Zolmer, R- Mr. Daniel. Zolmer and Daniel kneel crossing their bayonet rifles in front of Yurkowski.

Otto Reiher and Ross Steed in uniform standing in front of "MONS" D--Coy Army Hut.

An army jeep from the Alaska Highway construction base parked on a street in the town of Ft. St. John.

Front view of uniformed men standing in formation in front of D-Coy Army Huts, March 1942.

Two uniformed men, Don Reid and Bill Stevens, pose in front of one of the D-Coy Army Huts.