I grew up in a very quiet family.
It was kind of, it was a kind of a family
where it kind of dominated by my mom mainly
so I led a very secluded life.
I wanted to break out of this shell that I
was in and I felt, two reasons I joined up,
I thought by joining up it would teach me and
it would expose me to
the world that I was missing.
We went to Toronto Manning Depot
where we did our basic training and
marching but this was a horrible
experience for me because
having been brought up
in a very quiet secluded environment
now I'm thrown in with hundreds
of other men and young boys
who are rough and tough and wow,
what a transition for me.
It was very difficult.
From there I went to Guelph, Ontario
to learn my Morse Code and my basic
electronic training and then I went to
Mossbank, Saskatchewan to become an air
gunner and then after all this was put together
then I was shipped overseas in probably
mid August, September, 1943.