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Ruth Masters served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division during the Second World War. She was stationed at RCAF Station Uplands in Ottawa before being posted to Britain.

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In the summer of 1942, Ruth Bergstrom joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) and was a member of the first group of CWACs trained at Vermilion, Alberta. She was then posted to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in a clerical position at Headquarters, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. By the end of the Second World War, she ended up as staff sergeant in the classified message centre.

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 Ruth Werbin was a WREN, serving in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Ruth Hurley served in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during the Second World War.

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Ruth McMillan served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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During the Second World War, Ruth Kinread went to Nova Scotia to work for a company that supplied Navy ships. 

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Ruth Pauline Michener joined the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. She served in clerk operations, plotting aircraft in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

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Ruth Shirley Johnson served as a dietitian in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War.

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Ruth Aitken (née Windus) served with the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division during the Second World War.

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Abel Allain served in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps. in the Second World War. Read and listen to Abel Allain’s testimony below.

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William Elliott served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps during the Second World War.

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William Barrett served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

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William Cockburn served with the Royal Canadian Artillery during the Second World War.

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William Booth served with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals during the Second World War. He was responsible for maintaining communication equipment, working in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

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William Kilbourne served in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the Second World War.

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William McGee served in the First Special Service Force of the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Second World War. He served in the Armed Forces from 1941 until 1964.

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William Husson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

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William Parker served as an assistant cook in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.

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