I found my great-uncle's attestation papers. He was living in the US when WW1 started and went to Canada to join up. He was in the 16Bn Manitoba Regt. He died of wounds in a German POW camp in 1915.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/d...&id_nbr=314582
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His brother George, my grandad, joined the Royal Artillery in 1914. In 1939, he joined the TA. When WW2 started, he was sent to an anti-aircraft battery in Birkenhead. There was no proper AA gun and all they had was a Lewis gun! He was later sent to the Western Desert. He was discharged in 1943. He worked on the railway all his working life (apart from the wars) on the Permanent Way. He wouldn't have a word said against Aussies or Kiwis because he had served with then in both wars.
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