An interview/narrative of Peter Maule's experiences during World War II. Interview took place on November 10, 2008.

Interviewee: Maule, Peter

Interviewer: Campbell, Heather

ABSTRACT: Peter Thornton Maule Maule_P_0569_01.mp3 Family background - Father was a military man Left home at 16 August 30, 1939 joined the Canadian Army October 1940 sent overseas to England In England until 1944 then went to the continent Living conditions and rations while in England When on leave travelled around England and Scotland - had family over there 1st action at Verriers - south of Caen - bad experience; heavy casualties August - Foret de la Londe - five day battle; also heavy casualties Nieuwpoort- liberated - casualties trying to dig Germans out of sand bunkers on the coast Morale: have to keep going can't stop when someone shot down First combat-nothing could really prepare you for the experience Was wounded in Holland Smells of battle - could smell the Germans Talks about trench fighting Many civilians in Holland - people of Nieuwpoort happy when they liberated them Was in Canada for V.E Day Got out of the army but joined the air force a few years later Felt what they were doing during the war was important Took four to five years to readjust to civilian life (a bit jumpy) Would join up again but would not want to fight again

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Campbell, Heather
• Maule, Peter

Subject

• World War (1914-1918)
• Military history
• World War (1939-1945)
• V-E Day (1945)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 10, 2008

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.
• Title of paper: "World War II: Army Operations on the Western Front". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/World_War_II-Army_Operations_on_the_Western_Front.pdf

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• England

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (MP3) also available.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

Archival item identifier

• MP_569

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

• October 19, 2009

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2009. 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/m9qa-0p97

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