- AAAB0049
- Item
- 1972-04 & 05 [date recorded]
Part of Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
CALL NUMBER: T0047:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-21 SUMMARY: William Dee was born in 1897, and is a veteran of WWI and WWII. He gives a biography covering 1897-1918. Description of Victoria and Vancouver Island prior to WWI. A discussion of his father's work as telegraph agent -- the live stations on the network. Describes his enlistment and his training in the 88th Battalion and experience in WWI.
CALL NUMBER: T0047:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-08 SUMMARY: William Dee gives an account of his life after WWI as a farmer under the Soldier's Settlement Board arrangement. A discussion of the radio and broadcast content in the 1920s (he learned to service radios). His experiences in the 1930s. His position as a field officer in the AFC (a program quite unique in Canada which operated between 1943 and 1944).
CALL NUMBER: T0047:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-08 SUMMARY: William Dee gives an account of incidents which occurred while he was with the Airforce Detection Corps. A description of this work with the RCAF as a personal counsellor who made known the various programs the government instituted for the benefit of veterans. A discussion of his retirement and legion activities.