I met my husband and was married prior to enlistment. I was in one of the first drafts to go to Kitcheners for basic training when the CWAC took over the training camp from the men in the Army. Kitchener became the basic training centre for the Eastern part of Canada. Western Canada was going to Vermillion, Alberta for their basic training. When my basic training was completed, I was posted to London, Ontario for an accounting course. On completion I was posted back to Kitchener, to work as an accounting Sergeant for the Messes and Canteens.

My husband, who was now overseas, wrote a latter to Lieut. Colonel Mary Dover, the CWAC Commandant at Kitchener, enquiring about the possibility of my being posted overseas. Colonel Dover called me into her office, and told me about the request that my husband had made. She advised me I would not be eligible for a draft overseas until my 21 st birthday. I was to be 21 in February 1944. I was very lucky, I was included in a draft going overseas in March 1944, sailing on the Il de France. It was a beautiful trip.

When we arrived in England we were sent to Aldershot, and I was posted very quickly to London. Our Barracks was the home of a Lord and Lady ?. It was very beautiful and grand with it's marble floors, marble bathtubs, and stained glass windows, just to name a few. I was to work at the Command headquarters in the Movement Control, which I did until I left England for Canada in July 1944.

To sum it up, my most memorable experience was going overseas and being reunited with my husband whom I had not seen for two years.