The War Diary of the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery follows the path of the recruits of the Battery from recruitment in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1941, through training in Patawawa, Ontario, Canada, and numerous other locations, with the diary ending while the recruits are undergoing training in Portslade, Sussex, England, through 1943.An excerpt reads:
"July 1st, 1941, Rosetown, Saskatchewan: Recruiting for the Battery continued with the 30CWT. army truck and loud-speaker equipment, making tours of the area on an itinery designed to include as many of the community sports' days as possible."
However, while the recruitment efforts may have been initially successful, some recruits decided to leave the military. Consider this excerpt from November 11, 1941, while the recruits were on board a train heading to the east coast, from where they would travel to England:
"One man was lost from the train, it is beleived at CAMBLETON, he was struck off strenght at HALIFAX. Another man from the 57th Battery tried to escape at SACKVILLE, but was unsuccessful."
The War Diary of the 67th Anti-Aircraft Battery was submitted to the Saskatchewan War Experience by the Rosetown Centennial Library Archive.
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