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Doreen Cusator, ne้ Horne, experienced a different set of circumstances that brought her to Trail.

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Doreen Cusator
24 January 2008
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Rose Calderon

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Doreen was born in England and met her husband, Bill, there while he was serving for the Canadian forces during World War II.

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Photo Identification of Doreen Cusator, nee Horne, Wolverhampton, England
1940s
Trail, British Columbia, Canada

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Doreen was finally able to travel to Canada, where she joined thousands of women known as war brides.

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Doreen Cusator on arriving in Canada from England as a war bride during World War II.
24 January 2008
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Doreen Cusator
Rose Calderon
Greg Nesteroff

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Doreen Cusator's Canadian Legion war-bride invitation card
1946
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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She arrived in Canada by boat, landing first in Halifax.

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Immigration Identification Card of Doreen Cusator
27 May 1946
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Doctor's note of Doreen Cusator's
20 May 1946
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Telegram, Doreen Cusator
28 May 1946
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Doreen had been away from her husband, Bill, for quite some time by the time she arrived in Canada. The arrival of war brides in Canada created tremendous media frenzy and Doreen and Bill experienced that first hand.

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Doreen Cusator on seeing husband, Bill, for the first time upon arriving in Canada.
24 January 2008
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Doreen Cusator
Rose Calderon
Greg Nesteroff

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Employment eventually brought Doreen and Bill to Trail, where they have lived for over sixty years.