Last of Grandpa

This is my Grandpa de Bruyn, who died in 1958. 

He came to Canada in 1926, some of his children old enough to not join the family, my dad only eight years old. 

I have a theory that almost anyone can have an interesting documentary made about them, and I would certainly watch one made about him. Of course, as his granddaughter, I might be supposed to know something, add a fact or two, but in fact I know very little about him. 

Cute soldier

Here's my dad in his army uniform with his parents in 1942. 

He looks a bit awkward and his father's face is hidden behind smoke, but the best part of this picture is the back, "Cute soldier what I love, xx."

Their first child was born in September, 1942. 

Some de Bruyns in August 1944

My father, his mother, father, brother and sister. I knew my Auntie Ida, but both de Bruyn grandparents had passed on by the time I was born. 

No idea what house this was, but in Vancouver somewhere, I'd wager.