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So glad I found this website. 67 yo Army Brat here. Dad was in the Signal Corps all his life. He died in 1964 at age 40. In the mid to late 50s we lived in Brandon, Camp Shilo and Winnipeg. I am trying to piece together the order of moves, but I think we were in Winnipeg for Gr5 1958-59 and Gr6 1959-60 school years. I think I was probably in Brandon for a short bit waiting to get into PMQ in Shilo so we were probably in Camp Shilo Gr4 1957-8 and perhaps Gr3 1956-7
My wife and I drove across Canada in 2010 and it turned into me retracing my Army Brat years. I happily found the two places in Winnipeg that I lived including the PMQ @ Fort Osborne Barracks.
When we came to Shilo the sand made it seem so familiar. I kept driving around the building that ended up being Princess Elizabeth School because the exit doors from each classroom seemed so famailiar. The memory of sneaking back into the classroom through those doors while there was a party going on outside, on the last day of school, my friend Doug and I went to the teachers desk to open the drawer to look at the strap that lay in there. Ha kids.
Thanks so much for having this website. I will enjoy looking around. I have no clear memory of what street we lived on there, it seems every military base loves to name it's streets after Canadian War battles
Many regards
Bill.
Son of Sgt. Harold B. Anderson (16136) RC Signals
So glad I found this website. 67 yo Army Brat here. Dad was in the Signal Corps all his life. He died in 1964 at age 40. In the mid to late 50s we lived in Brandon, Camp Shilo and Winnipeg. I am trying to piece together the order of moves, but I think we were in Winnipeg for Gr5 1958-59 and Gr6 1959-60 school years. I think I was probably in Brandon for a short bit waiting to get into PMQ in Shilo so we were probably in Camp Shilo Gr4 1957-8 and perhaps Gr3 1956-7
My wife and I drove across Canada in 2010 and it turned into me retracing my Army Brat years. I happily found the two places in Winnipeg that I lived including the PMQ @ Fort Osborne Barracks.
When we came to Shilo the sand made it seem so familiar. I kept driving around the building that ended up being Princess Elizabeth School because the exit doors from each classroom seemed so famailiar. The memory of sneaking back into the classroom through those doors while there was a party going on outside, on the last day of school, my friend Doug and I went to the teachers desk to open the drawer to look at the strap that lay in there. Ha kids.
Thanks so much for having this website. I will enjoy looking around. I have no clear memory of what street we lived on there, it seems every military base loves to name it's streets after Canadian War battles
Many regards
Bill.
Son of Sgt. Harold B. Anderson (16136) RC Signals
Added: May 22, 2015
;;;;;;;;;;;;;From Doug Jenkins
Name: Perry Switzer
From: CB Shilo
E-mail: pswitzer@mymts.net
Ahh yes I remember many things in Shilo.We were there in the late 50''s til mid 60's.It was a wonderful place to be a kid.Always something to do after school.We lived at 5 Quebec Crescent.I remember many of the names I see doing posts.
ShiloBrats is a great site.When is the next reunion or mini reunion happening?