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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 13232131, member: 22&quot;]Yes,</p><p>Twice in WWII he sailed from the UK to New York on the Queen Mary which was being used as a troop carrier.</p><p>Stayed in NY for a few days then got the train to Halifax NS</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know the order of the events but one ship he was due to pick up had been sabotaged by the French Canadian Vichy, sand was poured into the pistons and because of repairs he was delayed by 6 weeks and he was billeted with a local family.</p><p>They were the parents of a Canadian Marine called Malcolm Swim.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other ship which I don&#039;t know what it was called was taken out on sea trials before being signed over, there were only 7 crew and they were very lightly armed with pistols,&nbsp; on their return to port a U-boat surfaced close by and the German crew surrendered, it was the last day of the war.</p><p>No shots were fired.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have photos of the prisoners being taken ashore in Shelburne.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2005-6 my Dad was about to do a coast to coast train trip across Canada but wanted to try and meet up with Malcolm Swim, if he was still about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I made some enquiries with a few news papers in NS and someone replied that Malcolm had sadly died 6 weeks earlier. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He did do the journey though and met up with a long lost relative in Vancouver.</p><p><br /></p><p>He always said even though he engaged in battle several times between 1939-45 and killed some enemy, it was a bit scary,&nbsp; he enjoyed his war.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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