Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War, died in Fredericton at the age of 100.
100-year-old Second World War veteran Angus Hamilton, centre, and Rev. Bob Jones, right, sing O Canada as part of the provincial Remembrance Day ceremony in Fredericton, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Three days before Hamilton turned 101, the Second World War veteran died peacefully at his home.
“I was 17 in 1939 when the war began; I signed up when I was 18 and I had just turned 19 when I reported for duty. I wasn’t close to settling down. I was at the age when adventure calls.” His daughter Anne Hamilton said that like most children, she didn’t pay much attention to her dad’s work or his war experience when she was growing up.
While he was mostly shielded from combat, Hamilton saw fire once in Myanmar, then called Burma, Elizabeth Hamilton said. His children learned he was not a fan of the jungle and suffered from malaria, jaundice and stomach problems during his years in India.“I sort of never understood it, because I didn’t think he had been in the real war,” Elizabeth Hamilton said. “I didn’t find out about it until he started talking about his best friend.
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