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WILLIAMS, Jack and Max

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REMEMBERING OUR DEAR FATHER JACK & OUR UNCLE MAX ON JUNE 5 2022 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES DAY
WORLD WAR 2 VETERANS WHO SERVED CANADA
(GRANDSONS OF COLONEL WILLIAM R. SMYTH)
JACK ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE (MILITARY EDUCATION)
ST. THOMAS ONT. & GUELPH ONT. GRADUATING RCAF
AIR MECHANIC SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO A BASE IN EASTMOOR YORKSHIRE ENGLAND WAS BORN IN SAULT
STE MARIE ONT. ATTENDED EDITH CAVELL PUBLIC SCHOOL & SAULT COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL FIRST JOB DELIVERING TELEGRAMS ON BICYCLE THEN WAS HIRED AT
ALGOMA STEEL IN 1938( WAS GIVEN A LEAVE TO JOIN
THE AIR FORCE) AFTER DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE HIS JOB WAS STILL THERE AT (A.S.C) WHERE HE WOULD STAY FOR
46 YEARS AS MILLWRIGHT FOREMAN MARRIED IN 1951
FOR 49 YEARS FATHER OF 2 DAUGHTERS PASSED AWAY IN 2001 AGE 81 MAX ENLISTED IN THE NAVY TRAINING WINNIPEG MANITOBA ABOARD MINE SWEEPER HMCS(HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SHIP) DETECTING & DISABLING CUTTING MOORS OF UNDERWATER MINES ALSO SUBMARINE TRAINING (HE COULD HAVE HAD A MILITARY CAREER BUT AT WARS END RETURNED TO THE SAULT TO LIVE) BORN IN SAULT STE MARIE ONT. ATTENDED EDITH CAVELL PUBLIC SCHOOL SAULT COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL FIRST JOB SALESMAN (MENSWEAR STORE IN THE SAULT) MARRIED IN 1944 FOR 67 YEARS WAS HIRED
AT ALGOMA STEEL IN CLERICAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION
RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS PASSED AWAY IN 2011 AGE 93
"THANK YOU WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU BOTH"
ALL WE HAVE NOW ARE PHOTOS OUR TIME MACHINE OF THE PAST 💕WE LOVE YOU 💕 JANET & PAM