Interviewer: Wood, Jessica

Interviewee: McKenzie, Claude

An interview/narrative of Claude McKenzie's experiences whilst serving in the Royal Canadian Navy. Interview took place on November 25, 2005.

ABSTRACT: Claude McKenzie Signed up with friend for Navy in 1961. Spent 13 years with Navy. Left due to stress and lack of opportunity for promotion due to bilingual requirements. Had been on HMCS Terra Nova when Ned Memnook passed away. Travelled to Alaska, Panama Canal, Argentina. Discusses benefits he believes everyone would get from serving at least three years with Military. Origins are from Root Portage, Ontario. 000 - How got involved with Military (March 1961) 016 - Journey over to Vietnam for Peacekeeping duties 024 - Duties 037 - Speaks of Ned Memnook who died on duty, returned all aboriginal crew members to Canada. 040 - Left for Medical reasons 058 - Worked for Corrections Canada 066 - 12 or 14 youth from hometown joined around 1960 072 - Talks of travels to Alaska, Panama Canal, Brazil, Argentina, Port Arthur, Ontario 086 - Help in Alaska with Earthquake 099 - Basic Training in Navy, got involved in sports 121 - Challenges encountered with bilingualism 130 - Eludes to discrimination on ship 153 - How to cope with racism 166 - Father joined army for WWI 175 - Father had fur trading store, only saw them twice a year 186 - Army Cadets in grade 7, 8, 9 216 - Benefits he thinks you can find in military service 230 - Memories of Ned Memnook 250 - Involvement with Aboriginal Vets Organizations 275 - Travelling to basic training 300 - Travelling Hong Kong 340 - Tape ends on side A

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• McKenzie, Claude
• Wood, Jessica

Subject

• Military history
• Military cadets
• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 25, 2005

Relation

• Title of paper: "Warriors Remember: Aboriginal Veterans & Oral History In Canada". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Warriors-Remember-Aboriginal-Veterans-and-Oral-History-In-Canada.pdf
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Vietnam
• Canada
• Argentina
• Alaska
• Panama--Panama Canal

Coordinates

• -29.53532, -62.26693
• 64.00028, -150.00028
• 16.16667, 107.83333
• 8.99797, -79.59269
• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording on audio cassette also available.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• sound recordings
• interviews
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• MC_541

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• August 21, 2012

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. WWI Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2012. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/94v6-ft18

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