Oakville at War

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    Collected by Alvin Duncan, a radar operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Collected by Alvin Duncan, a radar operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Collected by Alvin Duncan, a radar operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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    Translation from the Dutch: We remember our heroes, Those who struggled for years, And often offered their lives, In the struggle so important to us. Now that the freedom has come, We bring a greetin

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    The photo was taken in front of the side lawn at 249 Colborne (now Lakeshore Road).

    William Grammell, Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, served as a tailor at the #1 Equipment Deport in Toronto. During WWI, Grammell served as a Corporal in the 15th London Regiment (British Ar

    The Halton Rifles were reorganized in 1931 as the Lorne Rifles (Scottish) and later amalgamated with the Peel and Dufferin Regiment to form The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment).

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    Audrey Johnson was a Civil Defence Ambulance Driver in England, 1942. She worked with the Mobile Hospital in Banstead, Surrey from 1940-1944.

    First group of Lorne Scots to go overseas.

    Charles Kerr was a lieutenant with the 18th Battalion "A" Company. C.E.F. Enlisted at Welland, Ontario, in August 1914. Following the war, returned to Oakville to 'remarry" Grace Freestone, with whom

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    In response to the war in Europe, Canada passed the National Resources Mobilization Act on 21 June 1940. With its passage the government was enabled to requisition the property and services of Canadi

    The Latin inscription, "Per Ardua Ad Astra" translates to "through adversity to the stars."

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