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Cpl. Donald Joseph Tompson
Canadian Army Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
from:Vernon BC
Donald Tompson was my dad. He first tried enlisting when he was 17 but was turned down. Then when he was 18 he tried again but was not taken because he had scarlet fever as kid. At 19 in 1943 he was accepted when the push was on and men were needed badly. Dad served overseas in Ortona then on to Holland. He was promoted to corporal not long after landing in Italy. I never knew my father, I was 6 years old when he died of polio in 1958. Seems like a sad ending for someone who gave so much when so young.

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