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2013.121.002
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2013.121
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Sicilian and Italian Campaign
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Record, Payroll
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SEAFORTHS IN WORLD WAR II
SEAFORTHS PENDANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE
Service & Pay Book - Cpl J.H. EADE, SHC Int Cell (WW II)
Notebook - This Service & Pay Book belonged to Cpl J.H. EADE, #K52471 who was in the Intelligence Section of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in World War II.
Henry Eade enlisted on 18 September, 1939 and left the Seaforths on 23 July 1944. He was wounded on 29 March, 1943 during an air raid on Brighton where his wife and son were killed.
In this book, it mentions his wife, Muriel Gwendoline Eade and his son James Arthur Eade who were killed in a German air raid on Brighton, England on 29 March, 1943. Pte Eade was injured in the raid. His son stated that he survived the bombing because he was in the bathtub at the time of the bombing.
His brother Frank Eade served in the 24th Canadian Field Ambulance of the 5th Armoured Division.
The artifact was loaned to the Museum by James Eade. It was scanned and then returned to him.

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