The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 9

Veterans of Caen arid Falaise Welcomed Home to Ottawa Sale home after five years, i some 60 men who fought their way through D-Day, Caen, Tslalse, Antwerp, and the Scbelde pocket, were -kissed and cried over by their happy families when they arrived at Lans- 1 downe Park from the East Coast yesterday afternoon. With them were about 100 Canadian firefighters, in the larg- est group of repatriated men yet 'to reach the district depot. Ottawa soldiers in the group were: Capt. Maurice Edward Byers, 203 St Patrick street; Lt Col. George Orville Gamble, 382 Som- erset street; Major John Mar- shall Robinson, 30 Fourth avenue; Pte.

W. F. Barrett, 233 Dalhousie "street; Acting CpL R. A. Berry-hill, 40 Waverley street; Lance CpL L.

P. Charron, 186 Hinchey avenue; CpL N. N. Coles, 224 Booth street; Spr. R.

Dickson, 342 Nepean street; Bdr. J. G. Gow, 40 Bell wood avenue; Spr. R.

J. Gravelle, 718 Albert street; Pte. E. Guindon, 209 Murray street; Pte. T.

W. Xnglis, 93. Arthur street; Sgt. R. M.

Labrosse, 237 WII-brod street; Lance CpL D. K. Larocojie. 63 Blckwood avenue; QMS. W.

El Lee, 480 Athlone avenue; CpL Moreau, 40" Railway Spr, D. E. McCul-lough. 344 Gladstone avenue; Sgt. IX D.

McLaughlin, 501 Preston street; Lance CpL O. S. Post, 523 Rochester street; Pte. J. H.

Ritchie, 16B Cobourg street; Pte. O. Tbibault, Hurdman's Bridge; Gnr. A. W.

Warren, 18 Fourth avenue; Pte. J. Willi. Britannia Lt Lucien Joseph Durocher, 2n York street; Major Clifton Marquette Graham. 299 Hlllcrest Road, Rorkcliffe; Majpr Charles Burtram Huyck, 227 Third ave- nue; Acting Major Bertram William Mellor.

35 Kinnear street; Capt. Alexander Ross McKenzie, 435 MacLaren street; Lt. Benjamin. Hubert Tobin, 416 Laurier avenue; Acting Major Christopher Marchant Wright, 19 Glen avenue; Ex -Capt. Thomas Herbert Taylor, 131 Osgoode street; Spr.

E. J. Fair- bairn, 376 Gloucester street; CpL S. J. Hayes, 62 Atlantis avenue.

Westboro; Sgt. M. W. Storey, 423 ronton avenue; Pte. C.

E. Powers, Richmond Road: Gnr. W. T. S.

Boutillier. 217 Pretoria avenue; Pte. J. Chouinard, 32 Daly i. avenue.

Pte. G. Colbert, 87 James street; Pte. L. Couslneau, 91 St.

Andrews street; Pte. G. Duches- iteau, 364 Nepean street; CpL J. W. Gervais, 945 Wellington street; Pte.

G. A. Morabito, 229 Haw thorne avenue; Cpl. D. McDougall, 230 Percy street; Pte.

A. C. Phil lips, 41 Fairmount avenue; Pte. L. J.

Seguln, 162 Murray street; Pte. -f J. Tucker, 84 Union street; Pte. D. imperii.

156 Lees avenue: Pte. W. R. Dale. 25 Brancon street, Westboro; Acting Capt.

Gordon Alexander Armstrong, Rideau Park, Billings' Bridge. Ottawa firefighters included Leading Firemen Gordon and Harold Mulvagh, -117 Smirle venue; Walter Cadieux, 267 Bronson avenue; William Clapp, 145 Arthur street, and Harvey coumard. 91 Preston street District Soldiers. Pte. 3.

S. Giroux, 124 ealm street Hull; Pte. E. J. Piche.

Iotre Dame street Hull: Pte. F. J. Lafleur. 11 Caron street WrichtvUle: Spr.

E. J. Cassidy. 79 Main street, Aylmer; Major John Blair Harris, Prescott; Spr, Bennett Perth; Sgt J. Carroll.

Arnprior; Spr. J. Fleming. Chesterville; Sigmn. J.

O. Goodin. Prescott; Cpl. Gowan. Hollands Pte, L.

Macintosh, Cornwall; Pte. S. W. Simpson, Act ing Capt Douglas Donald Wis- mer Irwin, Upsella, Ont; Pte. K.

G. Nesbitt Carleton Tpr. M. A. OHeUly.

Eganvllle; Cpl, W. E. Ouderklrk. Crysler, Sigmn. H.

3. Sadler. Galetta; CpL S. Clou tier, Pembroke: Pte. A.

G. King. Prescott; Pte. F. LeClaire, Espanola; Pte.

G. J. Mitchell. Cornwall; Cpl. E.

MacDuff. Chute a Blondes u. Ont; Pte. E. R.

Tsy lor, Franktown; Also among those who returned were Lt A. E. Morton, CpL J. G. Carmanico, Tpr.

E. Chadwick, Pte. L. Morin and Pte. A.

Boyer. Tm going to sit down to a table and have myself a swell. lovely meal was what Lance Cpl. Duncan Larocque said. Twice wounded, be went into France on D-Day.

was at Caen. Falaise (where he was wounded the first time and evacuated to England), then back to the front and through the Tilly campaign and the battle of the Scheldt to be hit by shrapnel on night patrol in Holland. After a stay in a French hospital. he is home for good. "D-Day was the worst" said this five-year soldier.

Other men like Sigmn. Sadler, of Galetta, gave the decision to Falaise. They all agreed rthat it was worse than the Scheldt Great Crowds A waits Men. Families, relatives, friends and neighbours as many as 30 to meet one man, including his ministerwaited expectantly in the Coliseum for more than an hour before 5,30. the time scheduled for their men arrival.

When the men' appeared, they left their seats and rushed for ward, while depot soldiers good-naturedly tried to hold them back. As Mayor Lewis was making his brief speech of welcome, a firefighter's wife ran up and embraced him, and in -a minute everyone was doing the same. A reporter noticed two firefighters standing together and talking to sisters. They looked identicaL Twin Brothers Back. They were twin brothers.

Leading Firemen Gordon and Harold -Harry" Mulvagh who had been overseas for two years and six months. There to greet them were three sisters, Vickie, Nellie and Millie Mulvagh and a brother, Charles, of-117 Smirle avenue, Ottawa. Mrs. Mary Hammlll. of 9 Penny street, mother-in-law of Gordon, was also present Another sister.

Nursing Sister Bessie Mulvagh, recently returned from overseas, met the boys on their arrival in Canada. Enlisting together, the boys claimed their greatest day overseas was. when the Germans bombed Portsmouth in August 16, 1943, with 10.000 incendiaries and night explosives. "We had to con tend with 22 good fires and help rescue a lot of said Gordon. The brothers said their unit, known.

as "South sea Station" still held the championship in Great Britain for tug-of-war and pomp The lads said they had never been separated and always worked together, even at fires. Getting away from "powdered eggs" was what Leading Fireman Walter Cadieux said made him happy about being home. The other reason was his pretty brunette wife, Gabrielle. He told The-Journal that the passage from England was a very rough one, but the food on the boat was Bdr. Gow, Inches over six feet tall, was standing holding his chunky young two-year-old son, John.

"He was born in England, his father said proudly. "Oh. your wife got to Canada first?" reported inquired. "Yes, she just presented- me with a daughter on grinned the bombardier, and turned bis attention to asking John how he liked having a new sister. John bit one of the Legion's arrowroot biscuits reflectively.

Bdr. Gow, who is home on rota tion leave, is a meteorologist in the artillery' and was in France from D-Day and Holland. He left Canada in January, 1940, with the "Petrol Park" group from Ot tawa R.OA.S.C. Legionettes (who must have skipped out of. their, offices early when the boss wasn't looking) served the men and their rela tives with hot coffee.

When the men had received their pay and clearance papers, they were free to make tracks for that first home-cooked meal in five years. Hundreds of Repats Deluge Stores To Get New Outfits MONTREAL, Feb. 13. (Staff) "Poppa- needs a new pair of shoes." They may not be Poppas but -it appeared they all needed shoes and underwear and shirt and hair cuts and nylons. Within a period of a week, 200 airmen arrived from overseas at Lachlne Repat depot and within "that same period they have delugep Montreal department stores in groups of five and ten, to outfit themselves for their thirty day leave: "I'd like three pairs of nylons, said a young officer to a sales girl In a St Catherine street lingerie shop.

"Only three?" smiled, the young lady sweetly. "Dontcha know there's a war on?" she growled. The pilot had been overseas for three years, completing two tours of operations in the Middle East "Helluva he grunted, "when you can't get nylons in Canada." But what the repats can spend in Montreal or anywhere for the first two weeks of their leave is regulated by the air force who give them only two weeks' pay and their railway transportation when they leave Lachine for home. This is a wise procedure adopted as the result of bitter experiences suffered by other repats who returned a few months ago. As much as $1,500 has been stolen from one man-while in a strange city by cab drivers, dishonest waiters or girls they've met Any other back pay owing is forwarded to them at their homes.

Most of the boys want to "go home and stay there," for their thirty days, but a large number of this last group applied for travel permits to go to the States. "New York here we come, warn ed one man waiting in line for a permit on Monday morning. They may "have been toughened by battle but they're awful sentimentalists these repats Val entines and lingerie were at the top of the list of their purchases this week. Several' years separ ation hasn clouded the memory of some of the married men, "About this size," said one Flight Lieutenant stretching forth his arms to form a circle. The sales girl calculated and brought forth a negligee in size fourteen.

Where Ottawa provided to quote Mayor Lewis "the most beautiful girls in the world." Montreal offers everything in entertainment to the man who has been stationed in isolated areas for several years. As a result train and berth reservations arranged by the repat depot tor trie men are not always used. One man manages to set a room at a hotel and his less fortunate brothers move in with him. There are night clubs and night clubs, movies, restaurants. service canteens and one well-known burlesque bouse which reopened on Monday.

After visiting several clubs in uptown Montreal, one officer from Calgary said laughingly (tongue in cheek): "It's about time they began to send some of us home never saw so many pretty gals out with the old fellows." A pessimistic soul suggested that transferring the repat depot from Ottawa to Lachine would be an invitation for a lot of young men going on a Montreal being the ideal spot for it tar, air force officials have been worried with very few unfortunate incidents. l.r-.;. OTTAWA SOLDIERS RETURN FROM OV ERSEAS From left to right are: Pte. O. bibeault' Hurdman's Bridge; Sgt D.

D. McLaughlin, son of Mrs. Alice McLaughlin, 501 Preston street and Pte. L. Couslneau.

whose wife lives at 91 St Andrew street all of Ottawa, with Pte. G. J.jMitchell. brother of Mrs. Dorothy Wells, Cornwall.

They were among a large group of army repats who were welcomed home by their families and friends at Lansdowne Park yesterday afternoon. (Canadian Army Photo.) .1: 12 Ottawa Area Flyers Reach Lachine From Overseas LACHINE, Que, Feb. 15. i (Staff) Nearly three hundred airmen, the first section of a draft of 400- R.C.A.F. men who arrived in Canada from overseas yesterday arrived at Lachine Repat depot late this afternoon.

Most of the men had been overseas for two years or more. Smiling broadly at the sight of familiar faces, the Montreal boys waved at their families and friends, gathered to meet them, as they marched into the drill halt Ottawa Area Men. I In the group which arrived today' were two decorated Ottawa men. Fit Lt J. Macdonald.

DF.C., 59 Flndlay avenue, and Fit Lt Don Paterson, JC 500 Wilbrod street and ten others from Ottawa and district They are: Fit Lt J. Edward Raizenne, 150 St Andrew street; PO. Don Barrett 564 MacLaren street: FO. A. LaFlamme, 52 Fortler street Hull; PO.

C. E. Columbus. Iroquois Falls; PO. J.

M. Turner. Peterborough; Fit Lt. S. R.

L. Mousseau, Larder Lake; Fit Sgt W. L. Hawkins, 482 Bronson avenue; FO. B.

C. Playfalr. Smiths Falls; and R. J. Beal, Pembroke.

Expected early tomorrow morning are Fit- Sgt. O. M. Brown, D.F.M., 68 Cartier street; LAC F. E.

Leroux, Cornwall; LAC W. Sharman, Peterboro; LAC. H. W. Swinwood.

Billings' Bridge, and Sgt R. E. Campbell, 200 Bronson avenue. Expected also tomorrow morning at Bonaventure Station are 193 British brides, some of whose husbands will meet them there and others whose Canadian husbands are still fighting overseas. Six months ago the general gripe of returning airmen was the fact that some of them would not be going overseas again.

Now most of them feel they've "had enough" and want to get settled again, -The Journal learned. "If the Government feels I haven't done my share, or if I needed to fight again, then III go gladly, but after three years on operations ypur luck begins to leave you. And any way I've my English wife and a beautiful son with me now in Canada, and I don't want to leave them one 23-year-old airman told The Journal. Fit Lt Don Paterson, D.F.C.. son of Senator Norman L.

Paterson. was just stepping out of the drill hall to join his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Paterson. and his mother who were waiting for him in their car. when reporters met him.

The 26-year-old pilot overseas for two years, completed a tour of operations over occupied Europe. "Look. I'd like to talk to you, but my wife and mother are waiting for he said apologetically as he hurried on his way. Though they are eouslns. neither the reporter or Fit Lt Salsenne would have recognised each other if he had not been pointed out by another Ottawa boy to her.

"Do, you know me?" questioned the reporter. "Gosh, you look like a Gougeon but I'm not he said. He was right and after both had apologized for not recognizing each other upon sight be leaned over confidentially and asked, "How's the beer in Ottawa?" A bombardier, overseas for two years and three months. Fit Lt Raizenne 'is the son of Mrs. E.

Raizenne. He completed a tour over Germany. "We had lots of fun on those said the officer, "but once last July it was mqre than just fun when two German Messerschmidts attacked us as we flew over South Paris. We were able to claim damage on both and our Halifax returned to base safely with only a few flak holes in it" He and another officer complained that the two eggs they'd eaten that morning were bouncing i around. "They were the first 1 AvtrtaMf Sural B)vt WftMfl Sntrth thraae Just uain er maiithal 1Sa than aialliili.

J4 -J we had In five they said. 'V Here's a message given to The Journal to be delivered to Mrs. II. C. Monk, who lives on Somerset street in Ottawa.

FO. Vern Ferguson who returned with the draft asked that she be Informed that her son. Peter, will be home very shortly. Twenty-year-old PO. Don Barrett, son of Mrs.

G. J. Barrett, has piled a lot of excitement into his young years in the eighteen months he served overseas. After D-Day while on operations over Vokel, Holland, the Halifax bomber of which he was the mid-upper gunner was hit in 200 places by flak, yet made its way back to base safely. The young gunner also has a "'plane and a half his credit He served in the same squadron as Flight it Ted Graves of Ottawa, who is now reported prisoner of war.

tPO. Barrett's brother, Chief Petty Officer Osbourne Barrett lost his life in the sinking of H.M.CS. Eraser in June, 1940. He was a St Patrick's College student, and before going overseas in 1942, he was employed in the Prime Minister's office. He enlisted in the R.C.O.C.

at 16. Two Ottawa men, Fit Sgt. W. L. Hawkins and Sgt R.

J. Bcal. of Pembroke, travelled to Canada with their wives. They -will meet them tomorrow at Bonaventure Station, and then proceed to Ottawa. FO.

Laflamme was the only French-Canadian in an RAT. squadron. He piloted a Lancaster bomber which hit targets in Germany and France. Overseas for 17 months he was another of many airmen who tell of having close calls over raids on Essen. "In December, 1944, we were hit by flak quite a few times and an anti-aircraft shell went through our fuselage, FO.

Laflamme said, "but by the grace of God and luck we got home safely." First on the list to be cleared and paid were the 80 husbands who were on leave at nine o'clock last night The remainder of the repats will be on their way home by tomorrow afternoon or evening. With a last 1,200 men to handle in one week, the repat staff at Lachine have been work ing long hpurs since last Saturday, and have worked out a rou tine in clearing the men quickly which has proved successful. Four War Brides Headed for Ottawa Four English war brides, headed for Ottawa and district haye arrived in M-D. No. 3 and are expected here soon, according to an announcement -made by M.

D. 3 officials last night They are: Mrs. Rose M. Clarke, wife of Gnr. W.

E. Clarke, who will stay with her mother-in-law, Mrs. E. Clarke, 694 Cooper street Mrs. Jane B.

Stephen, wife of Pte. W. H. Stephen, whose mother resides at 259 First avenue. Mrs.

Gladys Guindon, wife of Gunner I. Guindon, whose mother Mrs. I. Guindon, lives at Maxville. Mrs.

Ethel May Jarvls, wife of L. Smn. E. A. Jarvls; who will live with her husband's parents, Mr.

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DUROCHER, of Ot tawa 'chuted into France, 2V4 months before D-Day to help or ganlze the French Maquis forces. When the Nazis attacked with planes, tanks, artillery, infantry and air-borne troops and broke the guerillas' hold in his area, Durocher escaped on a bicycle and started reorganizing them again and directing the cutting of communication lines until he re gained contact with the Allied ground forces in September (Canadian Army photo.) ADOUTCOLDS Hew was colds strike, nn Mbsrtes wnH bosM-srsvsd Vkfca VasoRabtfcat ACts2VIAYS I ATOUCh. It KMCTMTES to upper bronchial tubes with. sooUUnK medicinal vapors. It STIMUurU chest and back surfaces like a warming And what's more, MsssrttUt miUmhfhuti km white ym stoesil j.

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Lucien Durocher Ottawa Chutist Tells of Adventures Lt Lucien Joseph Durocher, who parachuted into France be fore D-Day and led bands of Maquis against the Germans, was back home in Ottawa last night drinking a glass of beer at a family party in celebrauo return. He was home without a scratch after five years. By the skin of his teeth he escaped having his hair dyed as a security measure. and got oft with only having it cut After blocking a highway to Switzerland, the band of Maquis he helped to organize was overpowered and scattered by the Germans. He escaped on a bicycle to a town 45 miles away and started gathering another fighting group.

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C. B. "Tiny" Herman. Her-; man. now in command of a Canadian corvette was notified by his wife that his eight-months old daughter, Carol Ann.

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