LEST WE FORGET 287 John Walter Miller and May Miller A Canadian Veteran and His War Bride John was born in April 1902 in Crown Point, New York, United States of America. He served in the Canadian Army from the 1930’s (briefly) and as a sergeant with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) from 1940 to 1945. During World War II, he participated in the Italian Campaign and the Liberation of Holland. May was born in England, residing in Wellingborough, England. She was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, ATS, attached to the British Army. Prior to her service in World War II, she worked in a clothing factory as a tailor. May and John were married in Wellingborough in 1943. She left Liverpool, England in March 1946 on the RMS Scythia with their daughter Patricia. They arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and took a train to Flin Flon, Manitoba. They then went to Creighton, Saskatchewan in 1951 where they lived until 1986. They were both members of The Royal Canadian Legion Flin Flon Branch 73. John passed away in May 1986.
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