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Your father would have trained with Alec in Canada and would most likely have been with him when he died in Italy. I'd be interested to know anything your dad may have mentioned about him.

Christopher,
I've shared your posts with my family members and they are very touched. My nephew Payton is interested in making a short documentary film about Uncle Alec and your father and would like to approach the National Film Board of Canada with the idea. He would like  to contact you for your permission to use your father's writings and is very much hoping you can add more to this undertaking perhaps in the form of pictures and other stories. My family considers your dad a true hero and would love to give him the credit he so richly deserves. Please contact me via email at: *  if you can help and I'll pass your info on to Payton. Thankyou in advance.
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Thanks so much, Chris. Our family wanted to give a long overdue thanks to your father for everything he did for Alec. We had been given a different account of the events and were relieved to finally learn the truth from your dad. It was difficult to read, but it has cleared up the misconceptions and given us some peace of mind. I'm truly sorry we didn't learn of this until after your father's passing. I would liked to have met this compassionate and caring man. None of us ever met Uncle Alec, but from the stories we grew up hearing I think he would be glad that we can give your father the thanks he so richly deserved. The Curtis family in Canada are in his debt.

My uncle Alec Proctor was with the Lovat Scouts during training in Canada and in Italy where he was killed August 12, 1944. Donald Mackenzie was with him when he fell wounded and stayed with him for hours until he died. My family would like to find any members of his family to pass along our hearfelt thanks for his kindness. I would also like to hear from anyone having relatives with the regiment during that time period.