Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 81 continued ... Edward John Vere-Holloway was born on 6 February 1916 in Halifax to George Edward and Daisy Margaret Alice (Hunt) Vere-Holloway. His father was a professional soldier who, while stationed in the Halifax garrison, had served 3 years in the Royal Canadian Regiment and 6 years in the Royal Canadian GarrisonArtillery before enlisting in the CEF in July 1915. Edward was eight months old when his father went overseas. Edward followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the reserve army at age 16 in 1932. He married Rosamond Marjorie Frances in Halifax on 1 July 1933. He was set on joining the permanent force, but openings were very limited. So, at age 23, with a wife and son to support, Edward left Halifax for England and enlisted in 2/Mancs on 2 March 1939. He was one of the ‘100’ to volunteer for service with the 5th (Ski) Battalion Scots Guards in January 1940. In March he was returned to 2/Mancs and took part in the rear-guard fighting back to the Dunkirk beaches in May-June 1940. Edward stayed with 2/Mancs and travelled with them to India in June 1942. He fought in the legendary Battle of Imphal-Kohima, during the period of March-June 1944, and in the pursuit of the retreating Japanese soldiers in Burma. Private Vere-Holloway returned to Halifax after his discharge in 1945. After the war Ted worked for the St John's Ambulance Service and participated in rescue efforts during the Springhill Mine Disaster in October 1958. On 4 September 1967, while boating somewhere between East and West Dover with his second wife Florence May 'Maggie' Zinck, Ted suffered a heart attack and fell out of the boat. He drowned and his body was recovered on 12 September. Edward John Vere-Holloway is buried in the Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth. Gerald Robert Zinck enlisted in 2/Mancs on 13 March 1939. It appears he served with 2/Mancs throughout the war. After the war he remained in British Army for some years before returning to Canada to work in construction and in the oilfields of Alberta in the mid-1950s. Gerald Robert Zinck died on 6 January 1996 in Oilfield's Hospital, Black Diamond, Alberta. He was 77. ROYALARMY SERVICE CORPS (RASC) John Stanford Bradbury was born in 1910 in Chester and was the son of Sydney and Ida (Stanford). He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in early 1939 and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (probably in late 1941). John finished the war as an acting-sergeant. After the war he had a full career with Canada Post. John was a member of Branch 44 (Butler) Royal Canadian Legion, in Chester, and the St. John's Anglican Church, Queensland. He died on 27 February 1996 in Chester at age 85. ROYALAIR FORCE (RAF) David ‘Dave’Albert Alton Romans was born in Glace Bay on 27 November 1919 to David James and Rachel Louisa (Ley) Romans. He grew up in Melville Cove and served in the Halifax Rifles as a reservist. He played first-clarinet in the Halifax Rifles (Militia) Band and was well known in baseball and hockey circles. Dave wanted to fly but was turned down by the RCAF, so in March 1939 he sailed from Halifax and enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Dave trained and qualified as a pilot and was commissioned as an acting pilot officer on 10 June 1939. Dave was posted to 106 Squadron RAF to fly Hampden bombers. In early 1940 he was posted to 44 Squadron RAF, another Hampden bomber unit, and in April he flew bombing raids over Europe. In July 1940, Dave became the first Nova Scotian of WW II to be awarded the Distinguished Fly Cross. continued ...
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