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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1945
Page
2
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December brought the 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment back in a Dutch village. Guns roared into Germany as batteries used barns and farmhouses as quarters and offices. Crews built log huts and heated bivouacs, while electric light and central heating devices emerged from improvised stove designs. The Caribou Club of Holland opened as a warm rendezvous and the school yard hosted inter battery hockey games.
The Newfoundland unit near Caen and Falaise faced air raids and shortages but saved ammunition and earned the British Empire Medals for Gunner Dick Maloney and Gunner Michael Lawlor. Christmas aboard saw a captured German oven menu and a festive dinner for 23 Battery with local aid. The regiment then moved to Antwerp and Nijmegen, fighting through Esquay, Bueve, and the Seine crossing before aiding the Arnhem corridor widening.
The 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, formed by volunteers signing on in St John’s in March 1940, has been deployed to the Western Front in World War II and sighted in the field during combat.
The battery, after landing in France, fired over Tilburg and aided the retreating enemy. It fought at Breskens near Leopold Canal, then supported Canadian and UK Commandos on South Beveland and Walcheren. The heavy guns, in action day and night, rested only briefly between engagements.
The 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment performed superbly in the Western Front fighting, a notable achievement for the island and its history, reflecting pride and high traditions.
A war veteran reflects on home and family as he lies dying on the battlefield. He envisions reunion with his father mother sister and brother and asks loved ones not to grieve. He vows his sacrifice will not be in vain and hopes for a freer world.
An aging wife returns to her home to tend domestic duties and care for her family, realizing that love equals food fire cloth and shelter. She contemplates distant hills and seasonal beauty but finds contentment in the familiar routine and the warmth of home.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a missing woman notice involving a merchant and telephone contact. The readable bits reference a female subject and an advertisement style alert in a local context.
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