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of HeroesBravery on the part of scores olthousands of merchant seamen i sanaccepted f act I t i s an accepted fact, too, thatexcept by word of mouth, detai l sof the many acts of bravery ourmen of the merchant mari ne per-formremai n unpub i shedCanadianmerchant seamen havebeen decorated i n t hi s war but , asi n the three branches of the serv-

i ce, f or everymerchant seaman r e-cei v i ng recogni ti on for hi s braveryf romhi s country there must be ahundred or more who are r eal l yheroes andwho are qui te content,even as those whose bravery hasbeen r ecogni zed, t o go qui et l y do-i ng t hei r j obHere i s a typi cal act of braverywhich di d recei ve recognit i on, ,quoted f rom an of f i ci al Govern-ment publ i cat i on J ohn Chri st i an-sen i s a shi p s carpenter of a l argemerchant vessel which was to r -pedoed i n the South At l ant i c Temporary repai rs had to be ef f ectedat once, and these were ef f ectedby Chri st i ansen Hedi spl ayed greatcourage and devoti on to duty f or18 days and ni ghts, mintaining,cl ose check on repai rs t o prevent

1 39 Hamda-$a~l to~~gp~~. d ~he . Ltaeu,the bulkhead gi vi ngwayunder the ;pressure Chri sti ansen was awarded t heBr i t i s h Empire Medal c i v i l ) Wwonder howmany hundredsof cases of qui et braverywere per-formed i n the North Afr i c a-S i ci l y,venturewhen, as Presi dent Roose-vel t reveal ed the other day morethan 3, 000 shi ps were part i ci pants?TheNavy League needs help tol ook af t er t hes e keymen

Cxnr Irwn Gnr . Harri sWrd has been recei ved byGeorge Burch, 343 Strathearneavenue, that hi s son Pte GeorgeBurch, has ar r i ved s af e l y overseasHs mother was the l at e Ms MaryBurch, Smthvi l l e Pte SpencerB H l l has arri ved overseas, ac-cording t o word received by hi sparents who l i v e at 80 J ones street Gunner Howard I rwn el destson of Ms I s l a F I r w n , 154Con-; naught avenue north has arri ved ,` . overseas He attended the Pri nceof Wl es School and before hi s en-l i stment was empl oyed at the east

end pl ant of the Canadi an Wst-i nghouse Ms J ack Harr i s , 173Market street, has received wordof the s af e ar r i val overseas of heri husband, Gunner J ack Harri s , sonof Ms Anni e Harri s and the l at eHarry Harr i s ,, 31 Regi nald street Gnr Harr i s i s a former emp oyeei of the Hamlton Spectator

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Piper Earl eMcKie, 28 years, sonof M andMs AndrewMcKi e, 78Locke street north, has arr i vedoverseas Hs w fe i s l i v i n g at Del hi Last empl oyed at the CanadaWreand Cab e Company, Pi per McKi eenl i sted wth theArgyl l s and spentmanymonths i n J amaica Sgmn,Davi s, 23 years, son of M andMs J ames P Davi s, 169 ' Hunterstreet east, has arr i ved saf el yoverseas On enl i stment he wasempl oyed by hi s father v v vThe f i r s t parade of the f a l l sea-son f or the2nd reserve) batt al i on, Argyl l and Sutherl and Hgh and-ers, w l l be hel d t hi s evening at17. 45 o cl ock Al l ranks w l l reporti n mufti There w l l be a rol l cal land the bal ance, of camp pay w l lbe given out The f i r s t regu ar parade w l l behel d Wednesday evening whendress w l l be khaki d r i l l tuni cs,shorts and skel et on webb equi p-ment Al l ranks are l ooki ng forwardeagerl y to the week-end scheme tobe hel d September 4 5and 6 on theDuboi s f arm i n the Car l i s l e di s-t r i c t The t r a i n i ng peri od w l ltake i n the Labour day hol i day,v v vGnr Thomas E Cook, who resi d-ed at 206Roxboroughavenueat thetime of hi s enl i st ment , was amongCanadian sol di ers returned fromoverseas t o-day, some of themDeppe - casual ti es Gnr Cai rns en-l i s ted i n the f i r s t year of war, andhas been i n Great Br i t ai n many

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