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    2. Muriel M. Davidson
    3. To all -- I forwarded a posting this afternoon about "A New Page Every Day" posted by Sympatico http://remember.sympatico.ca/ The subject on the page will be changed daily. Look carefully -- you will see underlines under all stories and have the speakers on -- the #1 story was about Clare Laking, one of seven WWI vets still alive - Clare and Lloyd Hammett live at Sunnybrook. As Clare's family is not complete on the 1901 census, it did not take many minutes for a reader to forward the 1911 URL http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1911a/e080/e001990197.pdf Many thanks, Eileen!! We are still not certain about several names. The Seventh Book of Remembrance will be unveiled by Silver Cross Mother Claire Léger - her son Marc was one of four from Princess Patricia's Light Infantry when a bomb was accidentally dropped on them. For the ceremony the book will be opened to the page on which Marc's name is inscribed. The book is an "open end" book, room for more names which we hope are never inscribed. At present, Korean War and the fallen from Newfoundland (joined Canada in 1949) and the recently recognized Merchant Navy. Many write to me, asking about sites where loved ones can be found. These are from the latest Legion magazine, giving the various military cemeteries where family members are buried. www.forces.gc.ca/cemetery or 1-800-883-6094. Eileen forwarded a query re the number of WWI vets remaining alive in Newfoundland -- I hope someone can answer this. The following has been "borrowed" from Lloyd Rowsell's posting http://worldatwar.net/article/newfoundland In Remembrance, Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Brampton, On -- formerly Nova Scotia Code Talker -- WWII

    11/02/2005 03:28:13