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Originally Posted by rlaughton  We Canadians still have that problem as well, as all Canadians were "British Subjects" until 1949. Few Canadians are even aware of that. Both my parents served in WWII as British Subjects, with British Passports - there were no Canadian passports prior to that date.
And then there was Newfoundland - the extra and most significant British colony. Very close to the Australians at Galipoli. |
Though I knew that the Australian airmen were part of the EATS programme in Canada I must admit I was unaware of the amount of accidental death that occurred.
In total there were 146 RAAF deaths which were buried in 49 cemeteries scattered all round Canada.