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'Depot' Div. Grave Digging Detail - 1958
Hi again Joe;
Your story about digging the grave upon arrival at 'Depot' in 1964 was also very familiar to me.
I joined the Force September 22 1958 and I arrived at 'Depot' two days later. Before being squaded and while waiting for the rest of "F" Troop to arrive, four of us were assigned to dig the winter supply of graves, three in number to be exact. I don't recall now just how long it took us, a few days I suppose.
Anyway, I too was curious about who may have been placed in those graves so in October (2008) so when Fabulous "F" Troop had our fifty year reunion, my wife and I toured 'Depot' Cemetery to check out those three graves.
It wasn't too hard to figure them out of course since the three dates of death on the stones were all side by side and the first three burials after September 24th 1958. Great memories!
Dee Jessiman came off the Ride while we were still taking equitation training and began his training as a Riding Instructor. Yes, a very colorful guy!
Regards,
Rod Macdonald
Reg.#20654
'Maintain Our Memories'
J. J. Healy,
Reg.#23685
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