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Ping Tung

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13. My greandfather broke horses for the Canadian army. He got on the wrong horse and died from the injuries.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:17 PM

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He had been in the British army in a Calvary brigade. He and my grandmother and their kids (including my mother) immigrated to Canada in the 20s. So, he wasn't in the Canadian army and they owed him nothing but to told him to get a doctor somewhere and sent him away.

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