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Copp, Ernest Charles

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • fl. 1949-2009

Ernest Charles Copp joined the Canadian Army ca. 1949. He trained at Camp Borden, Ontario. He joined Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and trained to be a paratrooper at Camp Shilo, Manitoba. At the outset of the Korean War, the original battalion of PPCLI was designated the 1st Battalion. It rotated into the war zone from November 1951 to October 1952, relieving the 2nd Battalion and preceding the 3rd Battalion. Pte Copp was in a platoon of Pioneers, a trade which specialized in building engineering works and dismantling ordnance. By tradition, they were the only Infantry soldiers permitted to grow beards. After the war, Ernie Copp was a member of the Vancouver Island Branch of the PPCLI Association and the Korea Veterans Association of Canada. He was living in Langford, BC as of 2009.

Petrie, Charles A.

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1925-

Born 22 April 1925 in Edmonton Alberta, TM12658 Charles Petrie enrolled in the Canadian Army as a private 7 June 1944. He was selected for Airborne training but was remustered to the General Reinforcement corps in November 1944. After further training in England he qualified as an Infantry Signaller and was transferred to the Calgary Highlanders at Rodenkirchen, Germany in May 1945 as a clerk of Headquarters Battalion in the Occupation Force. By the end of June 1945 Private Petrie was back in England and returned to Canada shortly thereafter. He was released from the Canadian Army 2 October 1945 and returned to the University of Alberta in Edmonton. After graduating with a BSc in 1948 he worked as a calculator on seismic surveys and then as an oilfield chemist. He enrolled as an officer candidate with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and was commissioned 1 January 1950. He then enlisted with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 23 October 1950 and was posted to 2nd Battalion at Camp Wainwright, eventually becoming assigned to the 3rd Battalion, C Company, 9 Platoon 30 November 1950. In March 1951 he was transferred back to the 2nd Battalion and was assigned to 5 Platoon on the eve of the Battle of KapYong, 24 April 1951. In June he served as the Quartermaster and then as Platoon Commander 8 Platoon, C Company until the Second Battalion was relieved by the First Battalion in November 1951. He remained in Korea as Admin Logistics Officer until December 1951. Returning to Canada, he served with the 2nd Battalion as Intelligence Officer, Assistant Adjutant and Platoon Commander both in Canada and Germany until December 1956. He then spent 5 years at Headquarters, Saskatchewan Area where he was promoted to Captain and then assigned to Tactical Headquarters in Newfoundland from 1961 to 1963. From 1963 until his release from the military 24 July 1970 Captain Petrie held several staff appointments in Ottawa. Following his military service he returned to university and eventually became a teacher and silversmith. He was living in Victoria, BC in the 1990s and in England in 2014.

McCulloch (family)

  • ppcli
  • Famille
  • fl. 1939-1998

P22280 J. Larry McCulloch joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 01 September 1939 as Acting Corporal and made 2nd Lieutenant 16 April 1941. Rejoined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 27 August 1943 as a Lieutenant then Struck Off Strength 24 May 1944. Retired as a Colonel. His son Karl Everett McCulloch attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Wieringa (family)

  • ppcli
  • Famille
  • fl. 1945-2002

Henk Wieringa, his brother Theo Wieringa, and sister Jet Slagter-Wierenga were residents of the town of Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands. In 1995 they contributed illustrations and articles to publications celebrating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the town from the German occupation.

Adams, Bob

R.H. "Bob" Adams B801861 served in the Canadian Army from 1944 to 1970, including service with the PPCLI from 1947 to 1970. He retired with the rank of Sergeant. He was an active volunteer in the PPCLI Association and with the Regimental Museum in the 1990s and 2000s.

Nixon, Charles

Private Charles J. Nixon was an "Original" who served in the Boer War and joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in August 1914. He was struck of strength 22 January 1915.

Smith, D. C.

No biographical information available.

Hitchcock, Daniel

Warrant Officer Dan Hitcock was with the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Daruvar, Croatia in 1992/1993 and has been working at the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Museum since 2000.

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