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Per Ardua ad Canada

Posted on July 29, 2020March 5, 2022

A diary written by John Mascall Evans, during the Second World War, in August 1940 when he was 25. He was a curate in Epsom at the time, and engaged to Wendy Rathbone.

Painting of RMS Antonia off Quebec for the inaugural poster of Cunard’s Canadian Service in 1922. Painted by Walter Thomas in 1921 from collection of the Canadian War Museum

His log is being published by chapter, on the 80th anniversary of the date they were written.

  • A Sudden Start; 30 July – 4 August 1940
  • Meeting the Children: 5 August – 8 August 1940
  • Across the Atlantic: 9 August – 18 August 1940
  • Arriving in Canada: 19 – 23 August 1940
  • Rest and Relaxation: 24 – 26 August 1940
  • Back to Britain: 27 August – 5 September 1940
  • The Last Leg: 6-7 September 1940

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