Senior Apprentices
Pose with the R.C.E.M.E. Corps Insignia Situated in the Main Camp entrance
Barrack Block #1 is visible in the
background
Armament Company is situated on the right
Apprentice Training Company Headquarters
14 Platoon Leader
Ken Oma is posing beside the sign
The R.C.E.M.E. Corps Colours
Shown on the upper right of the sign
Blue over Gold over Red
RH Ramsay Colonel
Commandant The
RCEME School
You are members of a young and
vigorous Corps that has
earned itself a fine reputation for service and engineering since its formation
in May 1944.
Many thousands of officers and men who have proceeded you have
worked
hard to achieve this reputation.
There is no more fitting way for you to honour your predecessors
that to ensure your every act brings distinction to the Canadian Army and
our Corps
14 Platoon Drill Sergeant
Punchy Gordon
Roommates
Ron Charlebois – Ross Yolland
Dale Johnston – John Gow
The apprentices
spent a great deal of time in a local restaurant on Princess Street near the
grand theatre.
I am reminded of it when I think of the happy days television series.
Our Cars.
Dale’s 52 Chevy
John Broadhead
drove me to Toronto to buy the car
We raced each other on the return trip to Kingston
John blew his engine
A Cop stopped and felt the card hoods
He said you fellows weren’t “were you”
We said no
He smiled and drove off
My Dad towed John’s car to Kingston
The car served us well during the
apprenticeship years
It took us to Drive in Theatres, Dances, House Parties, Picnics, etc
John’s 1959 Bug-Eyed Sprite
John and Dale used this car on their runs
from Montreal to Kingston.
The roof was torrn & held together with tape.The odometer did’t work
The road was windy & we liked passing cars
Needless to say our speed gradually increased without knowing it.
Eventually we came to a straight strech of road and we noticed this car
gaining on us at a great speed. Red lights began to flash and we were pulled
over.
The cop said he had been trying to catch us for the better part of an hour.
John told him in an anxious voice that a buddy of ours was in critical
condition at Kingston Military Hospital.
He let us go with a smile on his face . We think he liked the chase and
needed to blow carbon out of his engine
