I happened upon your website through a
Facebook post someone had made earlier today. My father’s name was
mentioned in the article called “Montague Monitoring Station - Policing
The Airwaves”. I assume from the article, that it was written in 1962.
1962 - Montague Monitoring Station
- Policing The Air Waves
My father was Albert Bryand, but he was
known to everyone as Bert. He was a radio operator on merchant ships
during WWII, and went to work with the Dept of Transport (at that time)
as a Radio Regulations operator around 1954. His first posting was in
Churchill, Manitoba. From there, he went Hartlen’s Point, NS, before
being brought over to Montague, Prince Edward Island in 1961. He
remained there until his retirement due to health in 1979 at the age of
55. He passed away in December of 2000 at the age of 76.
An active ham radio operator, he made many
friends from all over the world, and would spend hours during his
retirement listening to his radio and translating morse code to paper,
which helped to keep his mind sharp. He loved what he did, and I think
he would have much rather have been working, but health reasons were
what caused him to retire. That crew that came over to Montague in 1961
were all great friends, a and many of their children became great
friends as well.
I’m not sure if this information is of any
use to you, but I though it might interest you. If you’d like, I’ll try
to get a couple of pictures of him for you.
Thanks,
Sean Bryand
Charlottetown PE
21
December 2020