Ortona (73 page)

6
. Cameron Ware, interview by Dr. Reginald Roy, 23, 25 June and 10 July 1979, University of Victoria Special Collections.

7
. Stevens,
A City Goes to War
, 268.

8
. G.R. Stevens,
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, 1919–1957
, vol. 3 (Griesbach, Alta: Historical Committee of the Regiment, n.d.), 131.

9
. Thomas de Faye, interview by author, Victoria, B.C., 3 Nov. 1998.

10
. A.K. Harris, “Account at Ortona,” University of Victoria Special Collections, 6.

11
. Ibid., 7.

12
. Ibid., 7–8.

13
. Bert Hoffmeister, interview by author, West Vancouver, B.C., 23 Nov. 1998.

14
. Dougan, interview.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, Dec. 1943, 36-N-9, National Archives of Canada.

17
. Ware, interview.

18
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 52.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Harris, “Account at Ortona,” 8.

21
. Ibid.

1
. G.W.L. Nicholson,
Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945
, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956), 305–6.

2
. Captain A.J. Porter, “Report No. 165 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Operations of 1 Canadian Infantry Division and 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade in Italy, 25 Nov. 43–4 Jan. 44,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 56.

3
. Ibid., 57.

4
. Nicholson,
Canadians in Italy
, 306.

5
. Lex Schragg,
History of the Ontario Regiment: 1866–1951
(n.p., n.d.), 161–62.

6
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 57.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Ibid.

9
. West Nova Scotia Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 42-N-3, National Archives of Canada.

10
. Daniel Dancocks,
The D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy, 1943–1945
(Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1991), 165.

11
. West Nova Scotia War Diary, 42-N-4.

12
. John Matheson, correspondence with author, 24 Sept. 1998.

13
. Major G.D. Mitchell,
RCHA — Right of the Line: An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871
(Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986), 110.

14
. Waldo E. Smith,
What Time the Tempest: An Army Chaplain's Story
(Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1953), 176.

15
. Matheson, correspondence.

16
. Thomas H. Raddall,
West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment
(n.p., 1947), 156–57.

17
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 58.

18
. Mitchell,
RCHA
, 110.

19
. Ibid, 110–11.

20
. Raddall,
West Novas
, 157.

21
. West Nova Scotia War Diary, 42-N-5.

22
. Raddall,
West Novas
, 157–58.

23
. West Nova Scotia War Diary, 42-N-5.

24
. George Garbutt, correspondence with author, 30 Nov. 1998.

25
. June Thomas, interview by author, Victoria, B.C., 23 Oct. 1998.

26
. Syd Thomson, correspondence with author, Dec. 1998.

27
. Thomas, interview.

28
. West Nova Scotia War Diary, 42-N-4.

29
. Raddall,
West Novas
, 159.

1
. Chris Vokes,
Vokes: My Story
(Ottawa: Gallery, 1985), 141.

2
. Richard S. Malone,
A Portrait of War: 1939–1943
(Don Mills, Ont.: Collins Publishers, 1983), 214.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Vokes,
Vokes
, 143.

5
. Matthew Halton, CBC Radio broadcast, 15 Dec. 1943, CBC Radio Archives. Dates are those when report broadcast in Canada. Some were recorded earlier.

6
. Matthew Halton, broadcast, 15 Dec.. Different broadcast, same date.

7
. Major D.H. Cunningham, “The Press in the Ortona Battle,” National Archives of Canada, 1–2.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Captain A.J. Porter, “Report No. 165 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Operations of 1 Canadian Infantry Division and 1 Canadian
Armoured Brigade in Italy, 25 Nov. 43–4 Jan. 44,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 60.

10
. G.W.L. Nicholson,
Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945
, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956), 308.

11
. Major G.D. Mitchell,
RCHA — Right of the Line: An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871
(Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986), 111.

12
. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, Dec. 1943, 36-N-13, National Archives of Canada.

13
. West Nova Scotia Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 42-N-5, National Archives of Canada.

14
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 62.

15
. Ibid., 61.

16
. Ibid., 62–64.

17
. Thomas H. Raddall,
West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment
(n.p., 1947), 161–62.

18
. N.a., “Biographies Regarding Medals Won at Ortona,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, n.d., 23–24.

19
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 64.

20
. June Thomas, interview by author, Victoria, B.C., 23 Oct. 1998.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Lex Schragg,
History of the Ontario Regiment: 1866–1951
(n.p., n.d.), 162–63.

24
. Thomas, interview.

25
. Nicholson,
Canadians in Italy
, 309.

26
. John Alpine Dougan, interview by author, Victoria, B.C., 23 Oct. 1998.

27
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 66–67.

28
. Fritz Illi, interview by Major Michael Boire, Zuffenhausen, Germany, 20 Feb. 1999.

29
. Willi Fretz, interview by Major Michael Boire, Sinsheim, Germany, 19 Feb. 1999.

30
. Ibid.

31
. Karl Bayerlein, diary.

32
. Captain A.G. Steiger, “Report #18 Historical Section Army Headquarters: The Campaign in Southern Italy (Sept.–Dec. 1943), Information from German Military Documents regarding Allied operations in general and Canadian operations in particular,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, n.d., 57.

33
. Ibid.

34
. W. Victor Madej (ed.),
German Army Order of Battle, 1939–1945
(New York: Game Marketing Company, 1978), n.p.

35
. Steiger, “Report #18,” 57.

1
. Gunner H.R. Martin, “Press Release Regarding Major Paul Triquet Winning Victoria Cross. Miscellaneous Biographies of Army Personnel, 1939–1945,” Department of National Defence, 1944, 1–6, 1–4.

2
. Major G.D. Mitchell,
RCHA — Right of the Line: An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871
(Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986), 112.

3
. Jean V. Allard,
The Memoirs of General Jean V. Allard
(Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1988), 59.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Martin, “Miscellaneous Biographies,” 3.

6
. N.a.,
The Canadians at War, 1939/45
, vol. 2 (Montreal: Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Ltd., 1969), 362.

7
. N.a., “Battle Drill and the PIAT,” Appendix to Royal 22e Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, n.p., National Archives of Canada.

8
. Captain A.J. Porter, “Report No. 165 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Operations of 1 Canadian Infantry Division and 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade in Italy, 25 Nov. 43–4 Jan. 44,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 68.

9
. Headquarters 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, Dec. 1943, 40-N-8, National Archives of Canada.

10
.
The Canadians at War
, 362.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Allard,
Memoirs
, 60.

13
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 69.

14
.
The Canadians at War
, 362–63.

15
. Daniel Dancocks,
The D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy, 1943–1945
(Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1991), 169.

16
. Mitchell,
RCHA
, 112.

17
. Captain Lex Schregg,
History of the Ontario Regiment: 1866–1951
(n.p., n.d.), 164–65.

18
. Ibid., 164.

19
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 69–70.

20
. Mitchell,
RCHA
, 112–13.

21
.
The Canadians at War
, 365.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Schregg,
History of the Ontario Regiment
, 165.

24
. Captain A.G. Steiger, “Report #18 Historical Section Army Headquarters: The Campaign in Southern Italy (Sept.–Dec. 1943), Information from German Military Documents regarding Allied operations in general and Canadian operations in particular,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, n.d., 59–60.

25
. Ibid., 59.

26
. Ibid., 58.

1
. Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 33-N-12, National Archives of Canada.

2
. Princess Patricia's Canadian Regiment Light Infantry War Diary, Dec. 1943, 36-N-13, National Archives of Canada.

3
. Captain A.J. Porter, “Report No. 165 Historical Section Canadian Military
Headquarters: Operations of 1 Canadian Infantry Division and 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade in Italy, 25 Nov. 43–4 Jan. 44,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 71.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Ibid.

6
. PPCLI War Diary, 36-N-14.

7
. Strome Galloway,
Some Died at Ortona
(n.p., n.d.), 188.

8
. Carleton and York Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 8, National Archives of Canada.

9
. Robert Tooley,
Invicta: The Carleton and York Regiment in the Second World War
(Fredericton, N. B.: New Ireland Press, 1989), 189.

10
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 72.

11
. Headquarters 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, Dec. 1943, 40-N-10, National Archives of Canada.

12
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 72.

13
. N.a.,
The Canadians at War, 1939/45
, vol. 2 (Montreal: Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Ltd., 1969), 365.

14
. Ibid, 366.

15
. N.a., “Biographies Regarding Medals Won at Ortona,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, n.d., 26.

16
. Major G.D. Mitchell,
RCHA — Right of the Line: An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871
(Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986), 112.

17
. Mitchell,
RCHA
, 114.

18
. Headquarters 3 CIB War Diary, 40-N-10.

19
. Mitchell,
RCHA
, 114.

20
. Headquarters 3 CIB War Diary, 40-N-10.

21
. Jean V. Allard,
The Memoirs of General Jean V. Allard
(Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1988), 61.

22
. George “Duff” Mitchell, interview by author, Ottawa, 12 Sept. 1998.

23
. Headquarters 3 CIB War Diary, 40-N-10.

24
.
The Canadians at War
, 367.

25
. Porter, “Report No. 165,” 73.

26
. Nicholson,
The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945
, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956), 317.

27
. Antonio Di Cesare, interview by author, Ortona, 9 Dec. 1998.

28
. Antonio D'Intino, interview by author, Ortona, 8 Dec. 1998.

29
. Americo Casanova, interview by author, Ortona, 7 Dec. 1998.

30
. Fritz Illi, interview by Michael Boire, Zuffenhausen, Germany, 20 Feb. 1999.

1
. West Nova Scotia Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 42-N-6, National Archives of Canada.

2
. Headquarters 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, Dec. 1943, 40-N-12, National Archives of Canada.

3
. 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, n.p., National Archives of Canada.

4
. West Nova Scotia War Diary, 42-N-6.

5
. Thomas H. Raddall,
West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment
(n.p., 1947), 166.

6
. Ibid., 167–68.

7
. G.W.L. Nicholson,
The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945,
vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956), 316–19.

8
. Captain A.J. Porter, “Report No. 166 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Administrative Aspects of the Operations of 1 Canadian Infantry Division in Italy, December 1943,” Department of National Defence, 29 Nov. 1946, 76.