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Submitted by
Name: Greg Greene
From: Calgary
E-mail: gg0@telusplanet.net

Comments:
I remember that Bill. After that we had to arrange the battery in a 'line abreast' formation rather than the 'diamond' formation the gunnery school was using. I believe it was a shell exploding over the front gun emplacement of the battery that caused the accident.

Added: January 5, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Bill Gillespie
From: Alberta/BC
E-mail: bgillespie@shaw.ca

Comments:
Talk of these events brings to mind a couple of incidents on the firing ranges in early to mid 60's:

One was injuries to RCA personnel due to the roll-over of a "deuce and a half" truck on the ranges.

Second was shrapnel injuries to Gunners caused by premature detonation of 105mm shell exiting muzzle of 105 howitzer during range exercises.

Added: January 4, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Moncton NB
E-mail: mike_purcell@rogers.com

Comments:
Well, it's good to know that we have a historian resource person. Maybe Theresa may also have info on a tank and car collision on the old tank road. I think the car was at the point where the tanks enters onto the road.I'm sure it happened during a school term. Why do I remember these type of things???

Added: January 3, 2010

Submitted by
Name: doug jordan
From: wpg
E-mail: doug.jordan@gmail.com

Comments:
Theresa Poirier is the unofficial historian of those times. She can probably tell you all about the tragedy and many other interesting stories.

Added: January 3, 2010

Submitted by
Name: faye Helgason
From: Ottawa
E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com

Comments:
Hmmm. I thought that I heard of a murder suicide in the late 50s, but before 1958, on Frontenac Crescent. Anybody out there remember anything??

Added: January 3, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Moncton NB
E-mail: mike_purcell@rogers.com

Comments:
Me again. It seems as if I have too much time on my hands with 2 posts in a row but I am home recouperatng from ankle surgery. I mentioned in my very first post that I recall a murder suicide in Shilo in the early to mid fifties. It took place across on the other East)side of Royal Ave, down near the old H huts near a garbage shed. I believe it involved a young lady and soldier who lived in the single quarters near that area. That's all I remember but there must be someone out there with a better memory than mine.

Added: January 3, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Mike Purcell
From: Moncton NB
E-mail: mike_purcell@rogers.com

Comments:
Wow, I can't believe it's been 58 years ago that I moved to Shilo and almost 53 years since I left there. I will have to go back for old times sake.
Happy New Years to all

Added: January 1, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Ken Halcrow
From: Ottawa
E-mail: ken_h@rogers.com

Comments:
Just thought I'd pass along some sad new this evening. I received a call from Mary Styan this morning saying that Don had passed away in hospital of a heart attack on 30 December in Victoria,BC. He was a great friend for the past 50 years and was one of the Shilo gang. He will be sorely missed.

Don & Mary's address/phone number:

Don & Mary Styan
669 Rason Road
Victoria, BC
V9B 6C6
Phone: (250) 472-8048

Regards to all

Ken Halcrow

Added: December 31, 2009

Submitted by
Name: Colleen Demond
From: Nova Scotia
E-mail: cdemond@bwr.eastlink.ca

Comments:
Prayers go out to the families of the fallen soldiers yesterday! Also, to the journalist's family!

Added: December 31, 2009

Submitted by
Name: Paul Barker
From: SSM
E-mail: barker47@sympatico.ca

Comments:
Correction on e-mail address. Look forward to hearing from old friends.

Added: December 30, 2009