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Albert (Alibe) Grostete

Image shows Albert Grostete posing in a studio. He is wearing a fur coat and holding snowshoes and a bow and arrow. It was taken while Anna B. Marsh was at St Peter's Mission, Hay River, Great Slave Lake in May 1903. Albert is 12 years old and was employed by Mr. Bredin. This photograph was in a frame with two others, 2005.011.01 and 2005.011.02. The back of the frame said "Mrs. Anna Bredin - Twin Shacks, Bear Lake, Alberta, 1911, 2 Cree Indian Boys - For Grande Prairie Museum".

Alexander Burrows

I, Sargent Burrows (M16403) enlisted with the 49th Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Sept. 14, 1939. I sailed for England in an advance party of the 1st Division on Oct 15, 1939. In 1940 I went to Dunfermline to embark for Norway as the Germans had invaded from the south. I was back in England, prior to Dunkirk. I returned to Scotland to attend a commando course under the command of Lord Lovatt. I returned to England and prepared for the raid on Spitzbergen, located north of Norway, 500 miles inside the Arctic Circle. German Atlantic fleet had been using the island for a refueling base. 130 of our division were chosen to take part in the raid. In July, 1941, we were successful in landing and destroying the coal mines and oil wells. The Russian peasants were taken to Archangel, Russia and when we returned to Spitzbergen we loaded the Norweigans and brought them to Scotland. Not a living thing was left on the island. In July, 1943, we embarked and sailed to the Middle East to invade Sicily. In August, 1943,we moved into Italian mainland, fought our way up the mainland to Ortona in central Italy. I was wounded and evacuated to the 13th General Hospital (Canadian) in North Africa. In 1944, I returned to the UK and was posted to a camp at Aldershot where all Canadians were held prior to repatriation to Canada. I returned to Calgary and home.

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