Eric Brunt

Canadian filmmaker driving across Canada interviewing the last Second World War veterans.

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We are almost out of time to thank the Canadian women who served in the Second World War. Today, one of them turns 104.

Elizabeth Samson, a Cree woman, enlisted in Calgary for the Royal Canadian Air Force. She worked as a hospital assistant at No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School.

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@mi6guy @Laurier I interviewed six veterans of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. Incredible men.

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At 102, George Beardshaw has received an honorary degree from @Laurier.

He is the last known surviving British Home Child in Canada and the last surviving Queen’s Own Rifles veteran of WW2.

It’s never too late to thank a veteran and make him feel recognized for his service.

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@56peggy @jason64bit @Laurier If he does let me know! I’d love to see it.

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@56peggy @jason64bit @Laurier Incredible! What’s the film called?

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@mi6guy @Laurier Wow thank you for sharing that. Do you happen to know who your father served with on Juno Beach? Many veterans struggled to tell me about June 6th as well. It’s a day none of them would ever forget.

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I had the honour of meeting these four men who are among the last Canadians who fought in the Normandy Campaign. They don’t boast about their service, but will smile when you thank them for your freedom #DDay75 #Juno75

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My latest Latest Magazine article is an interview with documentarian Eric Brunt about capturing the last Canadian voices of the Second World War.

https://t.co/1r6lWaLSfU

📸 Courtesy Eric Brunt.

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Documentarian Eric Brunt captures the last voices of Canada’s Second World War generation

https://t.co/YyVaiYtXyi

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Katherine McIntyre turns 103 today.

At 20, she joined the RCAF Women’s Division. She became one of Canada’s first female flying control operators, helping guide aircraft across the Atlantic from wartime Gander.

Happy birthday, Katherine.

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Robert Watkins died last month at 101.

In 1944, his ship helped sink a German U-boat. Then they pulled the surviving crew from the water.

“We knew they could speak English because one guy was drifting away... and he knew the word ‘help.’”

One of Manitoba’s last WWII veterans.

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“They called us the Guinea Pig Platoon.”

Alvie Burden (1922–2026) survived chemical warfare tests in Suffield, Alberta. Later, he fought in Italy and the Netherlands with the Saskatoon Light Infantry.

He was the oldest Black Canadian veteran.

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Donald Smoke turns 100 today, believed to be the last living First Nations veteran in Canada who served in the Second World War.

He served overseas and later spoke out about the unequal treatment Indigenous veterans faced.

#CanadaRemembers #SecondWorldWar #WWII #WW2 #Veteran

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Lloyd Gates turns 101 years old in Charlottetown, PEI.

Veterans Affairs Canada has 17 clients with World War II service living in the province of Prince Edward Island.

Lloyd, who served in the ground crew of RCAF 439 Squadron, is the last of his kind.

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102 year old René Vinet attending the Remembrance Day ceremony today in Montreal despite the cold. Served on the HMCS Matane, present on D-Day. Lost 5 shipmates in the following month. Lest we forget #CanadaRemembers

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The last Chinese Canadian veteran of the Second World War has died.

Gordon Quan was ready to risk his life as a saboteur, but he could not vote, attend some schools, work in certain professions, or live anywhere he wanted in Canada.

His voice is now gone but we will remember.

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There is a new Knight of France in Canada! George Soanes of Windsor, 101 years old, has just been named a Knight of the Légion d’honneur.

I put his name forward to @ConsulatFRAVan and thanks to their fast action, George received his medal only five months later.

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Canada’s last living Second World War veterans gathered in Toronto for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Among them: Elizabeth Samson, an Indigenous veteran turning 103 today.

“Too Much to Forget” reflects on the cost of war and the power of memory.
🎥: Full video on my profile.

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@windgear97 @matoxley Wow is your neighbour still with us? I am interviewing the last remaining Second World War veterans in Canada. I am always looking for men and women to include in my project.

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@GlaFreeze13 @wabbitwarrior Is your great-grandfather still with us? I am interviewing the last remaining Second World War veterans in Canada. I am always looking for men and women to include in my project.