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Six brothers in arms
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newsroom@eap.on.ca Originally from Navan, the Smiths were indeed brothers-in-arms; six of the seven brothers wore the uniforms of His Majes- ty’s fighting forces. Private Lowell Smith, of St-Eugène, the youngest boy of 11 siblings, is the last of the brothers remaining at the age of 87. He signed up at Lansdowne Park in Ot- tawa and joined the army at age 16 years and five months. However, he was found out and tempo- rarily dismissed within a few months. Low- ell anxiously awaited his 18 th birthday. “I remember I finally turned 18 on a Fri- day and Monday morning I was right back to sign up again... This time I would not be dismissed.” Although he was scheduled on the next ship out of Halifax, Private Lowell along with AC2 Charles, stationed in Prince George, B.C. would never make it overseas. His other four brothers did serve over- seas, one never to return. Private Garrett, the first to sail in a 70-ship convoy to Scot- land in October of 1941. He was followed by LAC Percy in February, 1942, LAC George in April, 1943, and the last brother, Gnr. Wil- liam, arrived overseas in the summer of 1944. They fought battles in Sicily, Naples,
Lowell Smith
Rome, Holland, and Belgium. It was here in Belgium, at the Battle of Antwerp that gunner William (Bill) was killed in action, on October 16, 1944 at the age of 21. His name is inscribed in stone, worn by the ef- fects of time...of the past 68 years. The Smith family gathers at the war me- morial in Navan each year November 11 to place a wreath in honour of their own. Lowell Smith recalls that when he was a teenager, army life was appealing. “It was better than working for a dollar a day on the farm.”
He signed up in Ottawa, trying to join the army at age 16
He was ready to serve overseas as a truck driver when he received a telegram inform- ing him of his brother’s death. “I guess that was one of the main reasons I didn’t get sent overseas.” After he was discharged, he worked as a transport driver in Ottawa for 50 cents an hour
After working as a trucker, he bought 67 acres of farmland on Concession 3 of East Hawkesbury Township for $7,000. He and his wife, Joan, (née Labre), of Chute-à-Blondeau, married in 1961 and raised two daughters and three sons. “I’ve had a great life,” says Lowell Smith.
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