Malvern Collegiate Institute Alumni Association

By David Fuller

Infantrymen in a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) going ashore from HMCS Prince Henry off the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944. / PO Dennis Sullivan / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-132790

On the 75^th anniversary of the D-Day landings this week, many Canadians will be wondering what it was all about. According to an Ispos poll conducted earlier this year, only 48 per cent of respondents could correctly answer three of six questions in a simple quiz about what is, arguably, the most famous date of the Second World War: June 6, 1944. (continue reading…)

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Brian Tennyson, professor emeritus at Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, was recently in Ontario visiting his brother Rod and the two Malvern alums joined David Fuller for a chat about Brian’s work as a historian with an interest in the First World War. [Video] (continue reading…)

As many of you have heard, beloved MRBS member Sonya Munro died on May 23 at age 93. We have recently received donations to the MRBS in memory of Sonya and would welcome any similar gifts to recognize her long service to alumni and the school. (continue reading…)

Sonya Munro, Decade Coordinator for the 1940s, dated Johnny Brine Johnston (MCI 1936-1941) and the two had plans for a future together until the war intervened. Johnny wound up in the RCAF flying bombers in South East Asia Command and was shot down over Moulmein, Burma with his crew.
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My name is Robert (Bob) Watson and I’m the 1960s Decade Coordinator for the Malvern Red & Black Society (MRBS). I am also the MRBS Treasurer and attended MCI between 1954 and 1960.
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By Berkeley Wilson

What an amazing experience it was; travelling from the Beaches area of Toronto over to Vimy, France to take part in one of the most significant centennial commemorations in Canadian history. My name is Berkeley and I’m a Grade 12 student from Malvern Collegiate Institute, a school with a fittingly rich military legacy.

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Principal of Malvern, 1952-1965

 A strict task master and highly regarded teacher at Malvern for over 30 years; and a volunteer for his nation during the last war.

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