Kawartha Lakes Public Library Digital Archive

Page 41: Bools, Roy

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James Roy Bools whose home is at 23 Hamilton Street, Lindsay, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy on October 2, 1940 as a Stoker 1st Class. He had been with the Canadian National Railways prior to enlistment. Stoker Bools trained at Halifax N.S. and gained two promotions while in the service. He was made Leading Stoker in 1941 and Petty Officer in 1943. He went overseas on December 26, 1940.
Petty Officer Bools arrived home on June 11, 1945 and was given his discharge from active service on July 11, 1945.

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This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as much information as possible on the military record and the service of people from the Town of Lindsay and the County of Victoria (now Kawartha Lakes) who served in the war. To that end, during the years 1944, 1945, and 1946, members of the public donated photographs and updated information about their loved ones. Both library staff and the public saved and donated newspaper clippings. Some of the files contain great amounts of detail, while others have just a name.

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1940

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