Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 119 continued ... The Nova Scotia troopers of the Kangaroo Regiment continued ... Trooper John James ‘Jim’ MacDonald was born on 4 November 1914 in Caledonia Mills, Antigonish County. He enlisted the Canadian Armoured Corps, in Halifax, on 27 November 1942. Jim did his basic training in Aldershot, NS, and armoured training in Borden, ON. Trooper JJ MacDonald arrived in England on 8 May. He was transferred to the Kangaroos, as a vehicle mechanic (motor), on 7 March 1945 and served in “B” Squadron. After the cessation of hostilities, he was billeted with the Hendrikse family in Groningen, the Netherlands. There he met the family’s oldest daughter Willemina who had been part of the Dutch Resistance during the war and was in hiding for the last 7 months of the war along with many of her colleagues. Jim and Willemina fell in love and were married in a civil ceremony. He returned to Halifax in March of 1946, and she came to Nova Scotia through Ellis Island, NY, in April of 1947 with their 7-month-old daughter. They settled first in St. Andrews, Antigonish County, with his aunt, eventually purchasing a home in nearby Lower South River and raising 6 daughters and one son. Jim managed the St. Andrews Co-Op and was known in the community as “Jim Co-Op.” He passed away on 2 November 1970 from cancer. Willemina never remarried and died in 2020. Trooper Burnley Malcolm Malone was born in Upper Woods Harbour, Shelburne County, in 1917. He enlisted in the army early in the war, and married Robena Jean Ellenor of Penzance, Saskatchewan, in Calgary, in 1940. Burnley went overseas as a gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery and was transferred to the Kangaroos in September 1944 (it is very likely he was a Group C driver/mechanic of a M7 Priest). Malcolm died in 1992 and is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Woods Harbour, Shelburne County. Trooper Allan John McAulay was born in East Lake Ainslie, Inverness County, on 31 May 1919. He started his army service in the Halifax Rifles and was later posted to the 8th Princess Louise’s (NB) Hussars. Allan was posted to the Kangaroos in the early fall of 1944. Throughout his life he enjoyed playing the bag pipes and was member of the CaptainAngus LMacDonald Branch 132, Inverness, of the RCL. Allan died in 1994 and is buried in the East Lake Ainslie Cemetery. J J MacDonald
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