Dr. Gordon Lea T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Lea, Dr. R. Gordon
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-02-05
Date Digitized
2010-07-30
Abstract
This is an interview with Dr. R. Gordon Lea of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Lea talks about his service in the medical corps during WWII, POWs, air raids, blackouts, Churchill, Scotland, crossing the Atlantic, rationing, D-Day, the liberation of Paris, and concentration camps.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Scotland
Paris, France
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
1939
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:42
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:07:13
Discussion about serving with the 7th Canadian General Hospital during WWII, with mention of air raids and dogfights; WWII, doctors, air raids, Liverpool, dogfights, German bombing, Winston Churchill.

SIDE A 00:07:13 -- 00:08:35
Discussion about German POWs; German POWs, POWs, WWII.

SIDE A 00:08:35 -- 00:14:43
Discussion about working for Inco and the start of the war; WWII, 1939, Inco, wages.

SIDE A 00:14:43 -- 00:17:45
A story about Winston Churchill and church bells; Winston Churchill, church bells.

SIDE A 00:17:45 -- 00:29:02
Discussion about touring Scotland and a story about a plane crash; plane crashes, WWII, Scotland, Balmoral, Inverness, rations, Culloden.

SIDE A 00:29:02 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about rationing during WWII; rationing, rations, war rations, war coupons, tweed, dresses, WWII.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:35:25
Discussion about rationing continues, with mention of blackouts and the midlands where he was posted; rationing, rations, eggs, blackouts, WWII.

SIDE B 00:35:25 -- 00:41:49
Discussion about how he signed up for WWII; WWII, army, medical corps, doctors.

SIDE B 00:41:49 -- 00:48:28
Discussion about crossing the Atlantic; WWII, convoys, RMS Andes.

SIDE B 00:48:28 -- 00:56:29
Discussion about D-Day and a story about Bill Burnett; D-Day, WWII, medical corps, doctors, Bill Burnett, army hospitals, casualties, army.

SIDE B 00:56:29 -- 00:58:08
Discussion about the liberation of Paris; Paris, WWII.

SIDE B 00:58:08 -- 01:03:42
Discussion about concentration camps and POWs; concentration camps, POWs, WWII.

Tape ends at 01:03:42.