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I read the “bomber command” article in your last publication and I must admit that I am not completely versed in the background of the article. However, my father, George Wissler, was a bombardier with 424 Squadron and flew 34 combat missions over Europe in Halifax and Lancaster aircraft, 1944 through 1945. On many of…
In This Issue 42
Affiliez vous au Club des CMR du Canada _______________________________________________________________________ In This Issue 42: President’s Award; What’s Happening At RMC; No Down Time for RMC Cadets; A long, painful pilgrimage for a fallen son; Ex-Cadets in the News; Catching Up with the News; Where are they now? Who Am I? Bomber Command; Births; Retirements; Deaths; Hatley…
RMC Club of Canada – President’s Award
RMC Club of Canada – President’s Award The President’s award is given to someone who has made a special and significant contribution to The RMC Club. This year was exceptional with two awards being presented. On 19 September, during the St Jean reunion weekend, Past President of the Club and the Club representative on the…
What’s Happening At RMC
Looking back at RMC’s inaugural Cross-Country season By Leah Kellar, 11 SQN (ALOY) RMC’s new running team ended its competitive season in a torrent of triumph at the Ontario University Athletics Cross Country Championships on Saturday October 25th. RMC’s top seeded runners on both men’s and women’s teams earned impressive on a challenging course. Leah…
RMC Clubs: No down time for cadets
Clubs an integral part of life at the College Cadets at RMC have a very busy schedule – what with balancing the Four Pillars (Academic, Athletic, Bilingualism, Military) – and there is little time left to engage in other pursuits. However, testament to their versatility and time management skills, many cadets choose to participate in…
A long, painful pilgrimage for a fallen son
Kandahar, Afghanistan — Peter and Reine Dawe travelled halfway around the world to see what their son saw, to breathe the same air, to try to make peace with their loss and to remember.The trek from Kingston to Kandahar is an achingly long trip for a short stay, but the Dawes never questioned making it…
Ex-Cadets in the News
B0171 Major (ret’d) Gilles Brière (RMC ’90) is a remarkable engineer from Quebec with extraordinary stamina, a talent for logistics and an unshakable desire to serve mankind. On May 24, 2003, the Canadian Council of Profession Engineers honoured Gilles Brière, ing., with the Meritorious Service Award for Community Service for his selfless contributions to world…
Catching Up With the News
For a wounded soldier, the battle has just begun Legions struggle with dwindling membership Wartime collectibles often not politically correct À Valcartier, pas à Petawawa! Passing the torch Bringing their spirits back home Answering the country’s call Afghanistan visit helps in grieving process Cyber soldiers need a jolt of the real horrors Help sought to…
Where are they now?
23227 Lt Tyler Peitzsche (RMC ’06), a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan in September 2008 with the 3 RCR Battle Group. Lt Peitzsche is a tank Troop Leader attached to A Squadron, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) that is operating in the Panjawai District of Kandahar Province. The Squadron operates…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born October 5, 1894 in Toronto. My father and grandfather formed a firm in 1877, which was the oldest member of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The firm was acquired by the National Trust Company, which merged into the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company…
Bomber Command…
BOMBER COMMAND I was saddened to see the controversy associated with the Second World War’s Allied Combined Bomber Offensive against the Axis powers revisited in the Remembrance Day edition of the Citizen (“Remembrance and history”).Particularly upsetting was the attack on the Canadian War Museum (CWM) for last year’s courageous and proper decision to modify its…
Births / Naissances
19987 Scott Treadwell (RRMC RMC ’95) and wife Danna Treadwell are overjoyed to announce the birth of their daughter Etain Aisling Treadwell. Born at 0727 hrs on 28 Oct 2008 at home in Calgary. Mom and daughter are doing fine, Dad can’t stop smiling and Kailan and Kolby are in love with their new little…