Only once my father mentioned he had been in Nova Scotia.
In my small child's mind I imagined him struggling through the Northpole snow as Nova Scotia for me sounded like the end of the world.
That he arrivd by boat only added to the ideas put in my mind by my interest in the polar expeditions.
Later I found out it was not the end of the world, but a place in Canada.
Researching the disembarkment lists one by one of all the ships that arrived with military from the UK, finally resulted in finding my father. (Later confirmed by someone who had a look at those lists too.)
His name was changed into Geartson, but date and place of birth were right and his other names were not too far from the real ones. It was him.
He arrived in Nova Scotia in spring 1943.
I copied the list.
Lost it before I was able to print it due to a computer crash.
I couldn't find anything else. Not where he trained, no photos with him.
He must have gone to the wireless school. He had a wireless badge and when he returned to The Netherlands he immediately found work as a wireless operator for the National Telephone and Telegraph Company (PTT)
He has also menioned he worked as a flight mechanic/engineer.
I haven't found any lists of people who trained in Canada (yet).
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