Repairing Phone Lines
Heroes Remember
Repairing Phone Lines
Transcript
Description
Mr. McLeod describes the fact that phone wire was vulnerable to shrapnel, and how teams of two would track down and repair any breaks in the wire.
Russell McLeod
Russell McLeod was born on October 9, 1899 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. His father was a fisherman, and prior to his enlistment, they fished together. Mr. McLeod joined the 219th Battalion in 1916 and trained at Camp Aldershot, Nova Scotia. He was sent overseas that fall, and joined the 25th Battalion in France. He served during Canada's 'Last Hundred Days', seeing action at the Hindenburg Line, Cambrai and Mons. After the armistice, he served as a member of the Occupation Army in Germany.
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 0:46
- Person Interviewed:
- Russell McLeod
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- First World War
- Branch:
- Army
- Occupation:
- Signaller
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