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I was able to find  his name and number in the WW! Intrenet  archives, put up by Veterans Canada. They have his name as Justin Harding Hollis Roche, with a  WW1 service number of 234954. As he survived WW1 his records are not in the on-line archives , but this will give you a place to start...

I hate to tell you this BUT, Thailand has had 18 military coups in the past 70 years, and this one has been bloodless. Jim B.

Every once in a while it is nice to see somebody put a sharp stick in old Geoge's ear. Mr Chavez has been critical of the US before, and with good resaon. Shall I list all the nations in Central America or the  southern hemisphere that the USA has invaded in the past? Or the number of elected...

It seems to me that this whole topic cries out for a change to our laws regarding DUAL citizenship. In my opinion, if you want to be a Canadian, you have to drop the previous nationality, and SINK or SWIM with the rest of us here in Canada. No more "escape clause " or back up passport...

I don't know about the NDP, that quote sounds more like the Paul Martin fiberals to me. Lying to stay in office, and getting caught admitting to it, is deja vu all over again, isn't it ? Jim B.

Cuts. That was one of the clearest and most honest answers    to that question. You said in a couple of sentences what others have taken a whole hard cover book to say. And as I have all ways said, the guys that you served with were the ones that you fought for, not the country nor the high...

During the First World War, military awards were published in the London Gazette, the official newspaper of the UK Government. THe Canadian equivilaent was/is The Canadian Gazette which is still published. When a newCanadian law is being proclaimed it appears in the Canadiasn Gazette The London...

I don't see any moral questions about this . I would point out that "the other guys" were certainly not restrained in THEIR treatment of OUR guys. Any one who has read any WW2 accounts will know that being captured by the SS or the Gestapo was not a walk in the park, and using the same tactics...

My Dad was at Vimy, as a part of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He made it very clear that if it had not been for the fact that the British Generals did not PLAN for a breakthru at Vimy, the Canadian Coprs could have "marched all the way to Berlin". He and his Vickers guns crew were standing...

I would refer you to the Fort Henry Guard, in Kingston Ontario, who have had since 1939 a "re-enacted British Army unit circa 1867" which includes a number of authenically unifomed and equipped Pioneers. The Fort Henry web site should have photographs of the  Pioneers and their euipment. Fort...

Infanteer; Warning noted , but how about this instead..........Recruit based on the census, with the ratio of white versus others set by the last census of Canada? That would "refelect the face of Canada" wouldn't it? And how about this for an idea...............PLace a lot more weight on the...

NONECK: So let me see if I have this straight............ RCMP recruits are PAYING to go thru their training, by paying income tax ??? Isn't that kind of like saying they are PAYING to be trained ? And about that big difference between the white guys required mark, to get in depot, and...

Blackhorse: Can you confirm or deny this..........Are the RCMP recruits being required to PAY THEIR OWN TRAINING FEES, for their room and board at DEPOT?? I heard this on a Toronto radio interview program, on CFRB 1010, and was amazed that any one would take that kind of a financial gamble to...

Old Sweat> I too remember those days, but with a very different point of view. I was and still am, adamant that those who fled to cuba should NEVER have been allowed to re-enter this country, let alone make a large pile of money from the re-telling of their version of our history. On the...

For some one who had such a low regard for the military in Canada, PET sure didn't waver when he made the decision to put the WMA into effect. Of course nobody at that moment could have predicted that the main leadership of the FLQ would be able to talk the Canadian government into giving them...