Other Information:
The Bay D'Espoir men left June 25,1941 on the S.S. Burgeo, 84 in number.
Leo F. Collier was in charge. We went directly to
North Sydney where we met with men from central Newfoundland, the
Burin Peninsula and Trinity Bay. We boarded the train
at Sydney on June 26th, and went directly to Montreal and were there
for nine days, billeted in Motordrum Barracks. On Sunday
evening July 7th. we boarded the ship (Mendoza). We left Montreal on Monday
morning and sailed down the St. Lawrence River,
arriving in Halifax on Friday evening. We were there for one or two hours
and then left to join the convoy. There were 98 ships in
the convoy, arriving in Liverpool late in the afternoon of July 28, 1941.
Immediately after arrival, we boarded the train and arrived
in Newtonmore Scotland the next morning. Most of the men went to Camp 6,
Kinlochlaggan, some to Camp 7 and others to Camp 4.
Other men in charge:John Legge (3201) of Heart's
Content, Trinity Bay (died overseas)
Donald Stacey (3300) of Lories, Burin
Peninsula
Le Collier (3331) of Bay D'Espoir 2d.Lt. Home
Guard
Bela Randall of Central Newfoundland