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Brannen, Herbert Malcolm. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. 1919 to 1945.
1943

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Brannen, Herbert Malcolm F16767. Private in Nova Scotia Highlanders. Born 28 May 1919 in Stoney Island, Shelburne County; killed in action on 26 March 1945 in Germany. Son of William Weldon "Dick" and Hildred Innes (Penney) Brannen. Herbert had seven brothers, Fred and Joseph (in the army) Paul, Norman , Wallace, Rodney(deceased ) and Asa (also killed in action), as well as three sisters, Alice, Blanche and Eva.

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Crowell, Maurice 'John'. Private.
1944

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Crowell, Maurice 'John". Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. 1915-1945.
The Smith Museum at Centreville, Cape Sable Island has two letters that were written by Johnny. One dated 24 December 1944, is a thank-you for Christmas presents.
...You know over here we really appreciate anything you people send such as candy, cigarettes and cake and anything like that we can't get over here if you had a million dollars as there is none to be got...
The second letter was written from Holland on 11 February 1945, He briefly describes the country "...here you never see a wooden building, I guess they use all their wood to make shoes and build their houses out of stone and brick. I don't think I would like to live here as it is too wet and muddy and now that the war is on and the dykes blown up the whole place is flooded. I am out of the front lines right now for a couple of days on a sort of rest. I wish I was out for the rest of the war but I guess.
Johnny was killed in action on 8 March 1945 in Germany.

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Bower, Horace Lent Churchill. Lance Corporal. West Nova Scotia Regiment. 1919 to 1943
1942

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Bower, Horace Lent Chruchill. Lance Corporal. West Nova Scotia Regiment. 1919 to 1943.

Roblin Bower includes in his notes on the West Nova Regiment:
I and my cousin Horace Bower, Lower Ohio, came to Shelburne and enlisted for active service on Saturday Spt. 2nd, 1939 and we and 35 or 40 others from Shelburne were taken to Bridgewater that same night by Chandley Smith's barrel truck! ...
Quite often on Saturday [in Sussex, England] Buster and I would get passes and train warrants and take the electric train into London. Usually we went to the Beaver Club at Trafalgar Square to look over Canadian papers or to take in a stage show if there were tickets at the Club. One day we went and they had 2 for the showing of "Gone With the Wind" at Leicester Square Theatre and we took that in. They usually had tickets that were donated for the troops on leave...
We always went on leave together sometimes to London, once to Wales and once to Birmingham. But usually we got travel warrants to Scotland and went either to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Dundee or Perth. We liked the Highlands best and the Inverness area was a favorite. Once we were lucky enough to get to the Highland Games at Inverness!
During our time in England "Buster" was a staff car driver for the CO and covered most of the roads in southern England. On our arrival in Sicily there were no staff cars to drive so he tranferrd to "D" Co. as a section leader as he was a fully trained soldier...
L/Cpl. Buster Bower was killed in action in Sicily at Mount Criscana on 2nd August 1943. He was in charge of a forward section of "D"Co and was carrying the Bren Gun and was shot by a German sniper, I missed him very much as we had signed up together at Shelburne and most of the time we were together wherever the regiment went. Buster is buried at the Canadian Military Cemetery at Agira, Sicily. West Nova Scotia Veterans held a Memorial Service there on May 19th, 1990.

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DeMoliter, William Daniel. Flight Sergeant. Air Gunner.
1942

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William DeMoliter, Flight Sergeant, Air Gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force was the son of Frederick Sebastian and Deborah "Maude" (Purney) DeMoliter. He had seven brothers David, who was in the Provost Corps, Ed, who was serving in England, George, Cecil, Gordon, John and Arthur, as well as five sisters, Evelyn, Dorothy, Lillian, Mary and Cecilia.