Keeping the Bonds of Friendship

Heroes Remember

Keeping the Bonds of Friendship

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You know the friendships that I made then, you know, I’ve kept them all these years, and they were wonderful. I guess it’s because we were, I don’t know, all in the sort of in the same boat and uh, we just enjoy each other so much when we get together and talk over all these stories. We did have a lot of fun, but there was you know a lot of sorrow went with it. That was at East Grinstead but, uh, but we, we enjoyed the patients there so much too. I don’t know I guess it was the, like they say the best of times and the worst of times. There were little children came to the hospital, uh you know, that had fallen on these anti-personnel bombs and that you know and uh I can remember one little boy he was, you couldn’t see his face, but he just wanted me to sit there and hold his hand you know.

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Mrs. Cawston speaks about her bond of friendships made during wartime and how they remain today sharing similar experiences during the best and worst of times.

Sue Cawston

Mrs. Sue Cawston was born February 19, 1923 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Spending her younger years in Vancouver, Sue always had a keen sense of adventure to join the military. Her father served in WWI. Sue became a member of the Women’s Division, Royal Canadian Air Force. In Canada service in the administrative field was where she began her military career but because of her desire to go overseas she continued to request this provision and was soon granted permission to go. Sue worked and lived in London, England in the administrative office doing various office duties. After 2 years, 9 months of service Mrs. Cawston was discharged and returned to Canada. Mrs. Cawston settled back to Vancouver and raised a family.

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