A38309
Highland Light Infantry of Galt
Private

Born: Tavistock
Born: May 19, 1916 in Tavistock
Died: April 3, 2013 at Ritz Villa, Mitchell and buried in Avondale Cemetery in Stratford
Attended: Tavistock Public School
After School: Farm work, Zimmerman's Box Factory
Enlisted: July 20th 1940, Kitchener
Trained: Stratford; Quebec City; Truro, Nova Scotia
Served: 1941 - Aldershot, English Channel - Guard Duty; home on hospital ship (leg trouble) in 1945
Medals or Awards: Good Conduct Medal
Discharged: October 1944

After the War: Zimmerman's Box Factory, Massey Harris in Woodstock, Shoe factory in Listowel; Kent Hotel in Stratford; CNR Shops in Stratford; Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans Steward, Stratford

Family: Parents - William and Clara [Steinman]
Brothers - William "Ted", Frederick
Sisters - Elsie, Jean
Married to Kay Edna Dale, Ethel Roberts

Comments: Moved German war prisoners out of Quebec City [they complained under the Geneva Convention] and moved in Harry's unit. Weather was so cold they had one hour of outside duty and wore balaclavas; water froze in pails immediately. Experienced air raids in London. One day an incendiary bomb exploded on the pillow he slept on the night before. One English couple gave him a fresh egg (virtually no fresh eggs available at the time). Now enjoys playing pool. Given a watch by Men's Club and Board of Trade of Tavistock with inscription "H. Schaefer, Tavistock 1946"