Oakville at War

    Lt. Harold Lawrence and Petty Officer Arthur Powell

    November 5, 1941

    Emelda in nursing uniform; she served as a military nurse during both world wars for the United States

    Nancy Hart in military uniform of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service

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    The Oakville soldiers identified in the Oakville Record Star newspaper caption differ. The information used for this record originates with Frank McCraney, who donated the clipping and appears in the

    The Oakville-Trafalgar Civil Guard was formed in June 1940 under the command of Major James A. Gairdner. The uniforms were paid for by subscription and comprised crimson berets, khaki jackets, and pu

    Ken Chambers served as a Flying Officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force, initially as a mechanic then as a pilot, from 1940 to 1945.

    Newspaper clipping describing the sinking of the H.M.C.S. Trentonian, a Royal Canadian Navy corvette, off the French coast.

    Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman and trained as an ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detector). Served in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the North Atlantic in min

    Gunners on the corvette Arrowhead

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    Joy and Geoffrey Smith were married during World War II in Halifax. Geoffrey Smith enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman and trained as an ASDIC (Anti-Su

    Corporal Dunham later became Sergeant Smith after her marriage in 1944 to Geoffrey Smith in Halifax. She served with the Canadian Women's Army Corps in Quebec and Newfoundland.

    Percy Spurgeon, a sergeant with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Army Special Force served in England and France, 1940-1945.