Joining the Royal 22nd Regiment

And then they invaded Africa. It’s then that I was sent, I was sent from the Brigade as a reserve for the Royal 22nd because they were going into action, you see. And I was sent to Africa, North Africa I would say, Phillippeville and from Phillippeville we went when they needed reserve. I joined the 22nd , Royal 22nd Regiment in Sicily at the foot of Mount Etna, the volcanic mountain. I joined the Van Doos there and I stayed there during the whole war with them. I think when I joined Sicily the campaign of Sicily was almost finished. I think it was only a day or two, then it finished. Then we started to, we were stationed there in Sicily. We used to go on maneuverer, we used to be bombed by the German too right there, and then we were preparing for the invasion of the mainland, Italy.