Gary Kress, Chuck Hamilton, Sid Brown, and William Holbrook (left to right). At Stanley Barracks, Toronto, before going overseas with the Lorne Scots 2nd Division of the Royal Canadian Army, 1941. Details

Military training for soldiers at Petawawa, Ontario, before being sent overseas. Details

Convoy going to Europe from Canada in Second World War. Details

"Invasion money" provided to D-Day soldiers. Details

Postcard from Holland, 1945, honouring the soldiers who liberated the Dutch. Details

Telegram from Jimmie Gibb to Mrs. E. Gibb. Details

National Civil Defence Safe Driving Award granted to Audrey Johnson by the Banstead Urban District Council, Britain. Details

Certificate of Honour awarded to Paul Edgar Parkin by the citizens of Hamilton, Ontario for service in the Second World War. Details

Canadian army document certifying active service on the part of Private William Cook from 25 May 1943 to discharge date of 1 August 1946. Details

Royal Canadian Air Force certificate for Ken Chambers. Details

Card of Commendation from the Church of England in Canada for Alan G. Reith. Details

Canadian Army Discharge Certificate for James Coakley, May 9, 1946. Details

Royal Canadian Air Force document acknowledging the radar station service of Alvin Duncan during the Second World War. Details

Letter of thanks to Westwood Soldiers' Circle from W. Philip. The Westwood Soldiers' Circle was formed in Oakville during the Second World War to communicate with and provide candies and cigarettes to Oakville servicemen overseas. Details

Cablegram of congratulations from Oakville Mayor JM Campbell to Peter Taylor, 20 August 1945. Details

Newspaper article describing the sinking of the H.M.C.S. Trentonian by German U-boat. Details

Canadian War Services Overseas Christmas card. Details

Newspaper article: "Safe and Well after Dieppe But Brother Still Missing - George, Roy, and Lockie Forbes with their mother." Details

Newspaper article: "Flying Officer Farr Navigator, Is Missing - 27-Year-Old Oakville Man Was Once on The Star's Staff." Details

Brother and sister, James (Jim) and Margaret Hughes. Details

John MacMorran Anderson, known as Padre Jock, bound for Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Details

The Queen's Own Battalion Band. Details

Second World War soldiers in Germany with sewing machine found in a tannery in 1945. Details

Flight Lieutenant John Cooper, Pilot (right) standing under a Halifax III Bomber Aircraft. Details

The Turnbull Brothers. From left to right: Joe, Bill, and Gordon Turnbull in Italy on the road to Ortona. The brothers fought in the same regiment of the First Canadian Tank Brigade overseas. All survived the war. Details

Royal Canadian Air Force insignia from the Second World War. Details

Depth charge fired from H.M.C.S. Kamloops. Details

Don Bastead (back row, far right) in early 1945 with the crew of the 432 Leaside Squadron, East Moore, Yorkshire, standing beside a Halifax aircraft. Details

A Spitfire on the way to Benghazi, Libya. Details

Junkers Ju 88 damaged by bombs at Benina, Libya. Details

The officers' mess in Pegu, Burma, in 1944. Details

HMS Weston, Royal Navy sloop, Falmouth class, Second World War. Details

Oakville High School Honour Roll 1939-1945. Details

Corvette H.M.C.S. Arrowhead. Details

Diagram of a corvette. Details

Fairmile in rough seas. Details

On watch aboard the HMS Weston. Details

William (Bill) Cook at Bordon, England. Details

#1 Equipment Depot, Toronto. Details

Seventh Victory Bond drive appeal, Second World War. Details

Alvin and Irene Bumby on their wedding day in England, March 16, 1943. Irene came to Canada as a war bride. Details