James Vincent Fader was born in Dover, Guysborough County, on July 20, 1911. James’ mother Mary Delina was also a Dover native, the daughter of Patrick and Marine Angelique “Mary” (Landry) Barry. His father Wlliam Ivan, a “seaman” by occupation, was born in Yarmouth, the son of Caleb and Elizabeth Fader.
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| Lance Corporal James Vincent Fader |
William and Mary married in Canso on January 9, 1906, and made their home in Hazel Hill. Their first child, Mary Myrtle, was born in October 1906. James, who arrived almost five years later, was their second child and only son. A second daughter, Margaret Ann, was born in Dover on June 27, 1914. At the time of the 1921 Canadian census, the family was still residing in Hazel Hill.
On October 9, 1928, Myrtle married Alexander Carter “Alex” Murray, son of James W. and Catherine J. (Carter) Murray, Mulgrave. The ceremony took place in St. George’s Rectory, New Glasgow. The young couple settled in Alex’s hometown. Myrtle’s sister Margaret married Ernest Havelock George, son of Rufus N. and Delvina Ethel George, Queensport, in Star of the Sea Church, Canso, on July 5, 1934.
James Vincent Fader completed Grade VII and left school at age 14. He then worked as a labourer for various road construction contractors around Guysborough County while living in Hazel Hill. On February 15, 1939, James married Lavinia Faustina Lumsden, daughter of Arthur and Aretta [Euloth] Lumsden, Cole Harbour, in Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Canso.
Before year’s end, two significant events occurred in the Fader family. On July 1, 1939, James and Lavinia’s first child, James Clayton, was born in Antigonish. During the autumn of 1939, James’ mother Mary (Barry) Fader fell ill. Perhaps wishing to be closer to medical services, Mary moved into her daughter Myrtle’s Mulgrave home, where she passed away on November 19, 1939. She was laid to rest in Star of the Sea Church Cemetery, Canso. The following year, James and Lavinia’s daughter, Mary Delena, born in Hazel Hill on July 17, 1940, was named after her paternal grandmother.
On June 10, 1941, James attested with the Canadian Active Service Force at Mulgrave. According to his service file, he enlisted because “he did not have a job” at the time. James identified his wife Lavinia, Hazel Hill, as his next of kin. Before month’s end, he reported to No. 62A Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre, Charlottetown, PEI. In late August, he moved on to No. 14 (Advanced) Infantry Training Centre, Aldershot. While there, James completed a driver’s course, qualifying as a Driver I/C [internal combustion], Class III, on November 12, 1941.
James proceeded overseas in mid-December 1941 and set foot in the United Kingdom on Boxing Day. Before year’s end, he was assigned to No. 3 Divisional Infantry Reinforcement Unit for “general duty” as a “MT” [motor transport] driver. During his first year overseas, James was attached to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps as a driver for two weeks in February 1942. Over the next eight months, he was assigned to the Royal Canadian Engineers as a driver on two occasions. In mid-November, he commenced a second driver training course, qualifying as Driver I/C before year’s end.
Several important developments occurred during James’ second year in the UK. On January 31, 1943, he was assigned to No. 7 Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit (CIRU), the first step toward joining an active infantry unit. In late August, he was promoted to the rank of Acting Lance Corporal, but an unspecified incident led to a reversion to the rank of Private before year’s end.
The demotion occurred around the same time as another development recorded in James’ service file. In mid-October, he changed his next of kin to his sister, Myrtle [Mrs. Alex] Murray, Mulgrave. While his file provides no details, it appears that his wife Lavinia, who had moved to Antigonish in November 1942, had decided to end their marital relationship and James’ sister Myrtle had taken the two Fader children into her Mulgrave home.
1943 also saw important developments on the battlefield. In early July, an Allied force invaded Sicily and moved on to the Italian mainland in early September. As Canadian military officials prepared for the resumption of combat in the spring of 1944, there was considerable demand for reinforcements in the field. As a result, on February 17, 1944, James’ name was placed on the Mediterranean Force Reinforcement List. The following day, James departed for the Mediterranean theatre and landed in Naples, Italy, on March 3, 1944.
Two months after arriving in Italy, James was once again promoted to the rank of Acting Lance Corporal. On May 19, he advanced to the active unit reinforcement list. Two days later, he reverted to the rank of Private and was assigned to the West Nova Scotia Regiment. On May 24—only three days after officially joining the unit’s ranks—James was once again promoted to the rank of Acting Lance Corporal and advanced to the full rank of Lance Corporal on June 10.
The West Nova Scotia Regiment was created in 1936 when the Lunenburg and Annapolis Regiments amalgamated to form one militia unit. The battalion officially mobilized for service on September 1, 1939, and departed for overseas before year’s end. The “West Novas” were assigned to the 1st Canadian Division’s 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade (3rd CIB), where its soldiers served alongside the Carleton & York Regiment (New Brunswick) and the Royal 22e Régiment (Quebec’s “VanDoos”).
The 1st Canadian Division was part of the Allied force that invaded Sicily in early July 1943 and crossed the Strait of Messina to the southern tip of the Italian peninsula two months later. The West Novas spent the winter of 1943-44 in sectors north of Ortona along Italy’s Adriatic coast. In mid-April 1944, the unit completed its last tour in the area as preparations for its next combat assignment commenced.
The arrival of spring brought a renewal of active fighting after a quiet period during the winter months. Allied forces were particularly interested in breaking through German defences on the western side of the Italian peninsula, where a stalemate had developed. Their specific target was the Liri Valley, which ran parallel to the Italian coast in a northwesterly direction toward Rome. Within its boundaries lay two German defensive networks known as the Gustav and Hitler Lines. If Allied forces could seize control of the valley, the road to the Italian capital would be open.
On April 22, the West Nova Regiment began its journey to the front line’s western secttors. Two days later, personnel established camp three kilometers north of Riccia, where they trained for 10 days before moving on to Lucerno and Bucciano, northeast of Naples, for further exercises. On May 15, the battalion travelled northward to Pignatoro, where 1st Canadian Division units gathered prior to returning to the front line.
The Liri Valley campaign had commenced four days earlier, British, Indian and Polish units breaking through the Gustav Line and pushing northward toward the Hitler Line. On the evening of May 18, the West Novas moved forward and continued the Allied advance toward the second defensive network over the next seven days.
The final stage commenced on May 23, with units from 3rd CIB and several other Canadian brigades breaking through sectors of the Hitler Line between Pontecorvo and Aquino. The West Novas spent three hard days in the line before withdrawing on May 26. During its 10-day tour in the Liri Valley, the Regiment recorded 48 fatalities among its ranks.
On the same day that the unit retired from the line, a reinforcement draft of three officers and 91 other ranks (OR) arrived in its camp and were “duly allotted to Companies” short of personnel after the gruelling Liri Valley tour. Lance Corporal James Vincent Fader was one of the new OR arrivals.
On June 1, the West Novas retired to a rest camp near Pofi. Meanwhile, German losses in the western sectors and constant pressure in the east resulted in enemy units withdrawing to the northern area of the Italian peninsula, abandoning the Italian capital without a fight. Three days later, British and American forces entered Rome. On June 6, news of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, marked the beginning of an important new phase of the war.
Meanwhile, the entire Canadian Corps retired to the Volturno Valley for an extended period of rest and training. The West Novas’ 1st Canadian Division gathered near the town of Piedemont d’Alife, in the foothills of the Appenines. The Nova Scotians arrived in the area by motor transport on June 9.
Personnel spent the next six weeks training and participating in a variety of recreational activities in the hot summer weather. The Knights of Columbus and other auxiliary organizations sponsored “picture shows” and soldiers received short leaves to Naples, Pompeii, Salerno and Rome.
July’s drills focused on infantry-tank co-operation, the West Novas training alongside the 48th Royal Tank Regiment’s C Squadron. During the process, the two units formed a strong bond while the infantrymen learned the intricacies of tank operation.
On July 29, the 1st Canadian Division set out for its next assignment, briefly encamping south of Rome before passing through the city and on to open country near Foligno and Assisi. After a brief pause, the units moved out on August 4, making their way to Castelllna, where the Canadians encamped amongst the vineyards of the Chianti hills, an area famous for its red wine.
During the Canadian’s time out of the line, other Allied units pursued retreating German forces into northern Italy, where they had erected yet another defensive network. The Gothic Line stretched across the entire Italian peninsula, from a location near Rimini on the Adriatic coast to an area north of Pisa on the Ligurian Sea. The western portion lay north of the deep Arno River, which flowed out of the Apennine Mountains through Florence and on to the western coast.
The eastern section extended through the Appenines north of Florence to a coastal plain on the Adriatic coast. The area was covered with rolling farms and vineyards, through which a series of small rivers made their way to the sea. Four main water courses—the Metauro, Foglia, Marano and Ausa—cut through the area in a direction roughly parallel to the Allied front line. Between each river lay parallel ridges that German forces had fortified.
In assessing their options, Allied commanders decided to break through the Gothic Line’s Adriatic sector, as its rivers’ water levels were low and easily forded by infantry and tanks following the summer drought. To deceive the Germans, some 1st Canadian Division units were dispatched to western sectors in early August to complete their training, while the remainder awaited orders to depart for the Adriatic coastline.
In early August, the West Nova Scotia Regiment moved to a location near Florence, then travelled onto Perugia, where personnel spent one week rehearsing river crossings. The 1st Canadian Division gradually assembled in the area, its officers receiving details on the upcoming Adriatic operation once all units had arrived.
The British 8th Army, to which Canadian forces were attached, was given the task of breaking through the Gothic Line and capturing the coastal town of Rimini. A strategically valuable railway line to Bologna and Milan ran through the town. An Allied breakthrough would force German forces to retreat into the plains along the Po River. The long-range Allied goal was to proceed across the plains, through the Tyrolese Alps and into southern Germany.
During the last two weeks of August, the West Novas gradually made their way to the Adriatic sector, finally establishing camp several kilometers north of Ancona on August 27. By that time, the Polish Division had already commenced clearing German forces from an area in front of the Gothic Line. Canadian units completed the task two days prior to the West Novas’ arrival, the 1st and 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigades crossing the Metauro River and forcing German personnel to retreat across the Foglia River, which was believed to be the location of the enemy’s main defensive positions.
In fact, the Gothic Line was constructed in considerable depth, stretching northward across the ridge behind the Foglia to a series of ridges behind the Marano and Ausa Rivers. The task of driving German forces from the area proved far more formidable and costly than Allied commanders initially anticipated.
On August 28, the West Novas entered the ruins of the recently captured town of Cartoceto and prepared to return to the line. During the night of August 29/30, its personnel relieved the 48th Highlanders of Canada along a stretch of high ground facing the Foglia River valley. A scout patrol easily crossed the shallow watercourse during daylight hours without drawing enemy fire, creating the impression that enemy forces had withdrawn from the area.
In fact, this was not the case. The entire slope across the Foglia was heavily fortified with concealed machine-gun, mortar and anti-tank gun positions, providing enemy soldiers with a field of fire that covered both banks of the river. The West Novas had no idea that they were about to enter a “killing field.”
At 1600 hours August 30, the West Novas’ B Company crossed the Foglia and began to advance toward an area of high ground near the village of Borgo San Maria. A Company followed in its wake with instructions to establish a bridgehead on the river’s northern bank. As soon as the two Companies were across the river, they were met with a hail of mortar and artillery fire. While some B Company soldiers managed to reach a road running parallel to the river, they faced a hail of machine gun and mortar fire and found themselves in the midst of a minefield.
The fierce enemy resistance forced both Companies to the ground, the soldiers clinging to their positions throughout the evening hours. At dawn August 31, C and D Companies moved through B Company’s positions and advanced along a gully north of the road. As soon as they emerged from the depression, they found themselves under heavy fire in the midst of another minefield.
A smoke screen laid down by supporting artillery allowed the forward Companies to pull back to the bridgehead with their wounded by 0900 hours. Still exposed to fierce enemy fire, the unit retreated across the Foglia under cover of a second smokescreen at 1400 hours. Personnel dug in on the southern side of the river and reorganized in preparation for another crossing, scheduled for the following day.
Subsequent developments further upstream made a second attack unnecessary. The 5th Canadian Armoured Division (5th CAD) managed to break through German defences, allowing the Royal 22e Régiment (Quebec) to secure Borgo San Maria. When the West Novas crossed the Foglia again during the afternoon of September 1, they discovered that German forces had abandoned the area.
The fighting along the banks of the Foglia resulted in 19 West Nova fatalities and another 59 wounded. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of significant combat losses connected to Allied efforts to break through the Rimini Line. The fighting provided Lance Corporal James Fader with his first combat experience. More would follow in the days ahead as Canadian units were still well short of their ultimate goal.
The initial Allied advance across the Foglia forced German units to fall back to an area around Riccione while its engineers bolstered defensive positions along the Marano River. Over the next several days, the West Novas made their way northward behind the Allied advance, crossing the Conca River on September 5 and establishing camp south of Riccione while 1st Canadian Brigade units secured the village by day’s end.
On the night of September 7/8, the West Novas returned to the line, relieving the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment (Belleville, ON)—known as the “Hasty Ps”—near the village of San Lorenzo-in-Strada. Personnel moved out to positions south of Riccione the following day, then on to a section of the front line near the village of Sant’ Andrea in Besanigo on the evening of September 10. The unit spent the next three days preparing to attack German positions across the Marano River. Little did the soldiers realize that the assignment would be among the most difficult of its Italian service.
Rimini was a popular Adriatic seaside resort, located on the northern edge of a narrow coastal plain. To the south, steep slopes rose into the Apennine Mountains. Along its eastern and south-eastern approaches, two parallel rivers—the Marano and Ausa—cut through terrain leading to the town. Usually shallow during the summer months, their water levels rose steadily during the autumn.
A ridge containing the village of San Lorenzo-in-Corregiano lay between the Marano and Ausa river valleys, while the San Fortunato Ridge, the last area of high ground protecting the approaches to Rimini, lay beyond the Ausa. While the two ridges were not massive, units from five German Divisions were concentrated on and around both features.
The West Novas’ 3rd CIB was given the task of crossing the Marano River and securing the San Lorenzo-in-Corregiano ridge. Before the attack could take place, 11th CIB units first had to clear enemy forces from Coriano Ridge on their left flank. On the night of September 12, Royal Air Force bombers executed a spectacular night-time bombing raid on the elevated area, softening German defences prior to an infantry and tank assault. The following day, 11th Brigade units pushed German forces off the high ground.
Its left flank now secure, the West Novas prepared to launch their attack on the San Lorenzo feature. During the night of September 13, tanks from the British 12th Royal Tank Regiment moved into position, ready to support the infantry advance. At 0300 hours September 14, two 3rd CIB units—the Royal 22e Régiment on the right and the West Novas on the left—advanced toward the Marano River following a massive artillery barrage. Within two hours, the West Novas’ A and B Companies were exchanging fire with German soldiers along the river’s southern bank while C and D Companies followed in support.
It was quickly apparent that German units held the southern bank in strength. Enemy machine guns, mortars and self-propelled guns in well-concealed positions rained fire down on the attacking units, with support from German positions across the river. Fighting continued throughout the morning, the two 3rd CIB units gradually clearing enemy soldiers from the river’s southern bank in all but two locations.
At 1430 hours, a group of B Company soldiers made a dash for a bridge that remained intact and successfully disconnected demolition charges placed there by retreating German forces. As the West Novas crossed to the northern bank, they found themselves on the southern slope of the ridge, the village of San Lorenzo-in-Corregiano above them. With the exception of scattered clumps of olive trees, the landscape was barren, offering the attackers with no protection.
As the West Nova soldiers advanced up the ridge, the remaining tanks behind them, German artillery targeted the entire area. One by one, the anti-tank guns eliminated the supporting tanks. As afternoon gave way to evening, promised tank reinforcements had still not reached the battlefield. Fighting continued in the dwindling light, two West Nova Companies finally reaching the outskirts of the village by 2000 hours.
As enemy forces had established positions inside the village’s stone structures, it was impossible to advance further without tank support. As the last light of day gradually fading, the West Nova’s Commanding Officer decided it was best to consolidate the unit’s forces along the northern river bank. After 17 hours of fierce fighting, the Companies dug in there for the night as fresh supplies and weaponry were brought forward.
At 0200 hours September 15, the West Novas’ officers gathered for a meeting. Their Royal 22e Régiment comrades had reached the crest of the ridge on their right and the West Novas were to resume the attack at once, with or without tank support. Thirty minutes later. personnel once again moved up the slope. On this occasion, B and C Companies led the way, with A and D Companies following in support.
The lack of tank support virtually eliminated any chance of success, as it was impossible to penetrate the stone structures. Enemy fire soon pinned the attacking soldiers to the ground along the approaches to the village. At 0345 hours, the unit’s personnel once again withdrew to re-organize, still with no sign of tank support. Finally, at 0800 hours, tank reinforcements reached the area and 30 minutes later the West Novas once again climbed the slope to the village. B and C Companies led the way, with support from three tank troops.
The attack took place in the sweltering heat of a summer morning. At 0930 hours, C Company’s soldiers were “caught in a cone of bursting mortar bombs and lost all… [remaining] officers.” A Company quickly moved forward in their place and the advance continued. Progress was slow as machine gun fire and a self-propelled gun halted the advance by mid-morning.
Supporting anti-tank guns were hauled forward and neutralized enemy resistance, allowing the advance to resume. In the midst of the attack, German artillery observers pinpointed the location of Battalion Headquarters (HQ) and heavily shelled the position, temporarily cutting communication with Brigade HQ until another Battalion HQ was established nearby.
By mid-afternoon, B Company finally managed to create a foothold in the village as fighting raged from house to house. Attacking forces cleared enemy soldiers from the village by 1700 hours, allowing the unit to secure the area during the evening. Meanwhile, German artillery guns shelled what remained of the village’s structures throughout the night. The West Novas took shelter in the same deep dugouts and thick stone structures that had previously protected their opponents.
While the attacking force had achieved its objective, the larger battle had only just begun. Behind the San Lorenzo ridge lay the Ausa River and beyond it San Fortunato Ridge. A West Nova patrol dispatched down the ridge’s northern slope at 0200 hours September 16 was immediately driven back by enemy fire. Throughout the day, German artillery shelled the ridge and rear areas leading to the Marano River.
Meanwhile, the West Novas reorganized, gathering their dead as a pioneer platoon “cleared ground for a cemetery on the gently rising flank of the ridge looking back towards the Marano and the heights of Coriano.” Enemy artillery occasionally interrupted the process, which was finally completed at 0300 hours September 17.
On 3rd CIB’s right flank, 1st CIB had advanced to the edge of the Rimini airfield, but German forces atop San Fortunato Ridge had a clear view of the entire area, their artillery fire preventing any further progress. The key to breaking the deadlock in the sector depended on Canadian forces crossing the Ausa and forcing the Germans off the high ground.
At noon September 17, the West Novas’ B Company made its way down the slope toward the Ausa River with orders to establish a jumping-of point for a river crossing. Within an hour, the soldiers had secured a crossroads where the village of Gaiofana was situated.
Meanwhile, throughout the entire day and night, German guns atop San Fortunato Ridge shelled the West Novas’ positions. The bombardment peaked in the morning hours of September 18. To further complicate matters, a Royal Air Force Spitfire lost its bearings and mistakenly dropped a bomb on the San Lorenzo church, burying a party of engineers and an A Company platoon in rubble and causing several casualties.
The engineers were unable to descend the slopes to the Ausa and establish a tank crossing until nightfall, as any movement during daytime hours drew fierce retaliatory fire. The planned assault on San Fortunato Ridge was therefore postponed until dawn September 19. Meanwhile, the Carleton & York Regiment (New Brunswick) on the West Novas’ immediate right flank cleared enemy forces from the southern river bank and prepared to provide covering fire for the engineers.
The Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment (Hasty Ps) were temporarily placed under 3rd CIB command, with orders to assist the West Novas in seizing San Fortunato Ridge. The two units were to advance directly up the slope while the Royal 22e Régiment waited in reserve. The “sappers” worked steadily throughout the evening and night of September 18/19 and had a crossing in place by 0345 hours September 19.
As the attacking forces had “formed up” around midnight, the attack commenced immediately, the West Novas’ A and B Companies leading the way, each supported by a tank troop. In their wake, C and D Companies and a third tank troop moved forward. The soldiers passed through the Carleton & Yorks’ line along the river bed and over the structure erected by the “sappers” across the Ausa River.
Around 0500 hours, the attacking force began its climb up the slope to the ridge. By that time, a Canadian artillery barrage on German positions atop the ridge had commenced. German forces, realizing an attack was imminent, responded with a counter-barrage beyond the Canadian fire line, hoping to strike the advancing soldiers.
Once the West Novas were firmly established on the slope, the Canadian barrage lifted and the attack commenced. By that time, daylight had arrived and the air was thick with dust and smoke from exploding shells. The West Novas were still a short distance from the German line. The pause between the lifting of the artillery fire and their arrival at the top of the ridge was sufficient to allow German personnel to rush from their dugouts into their weapon pits and man their weapons.
The West Novas’ opponents were members of the elite 1st Parachute Division, the same unit they had faced earlier in Ortona. Well equipped with automatic weapons, the German gunners pinned the West Novas to the ground within minutes of the barrage lifting. Anti-tank guns prevented the supporting tanks from advancing, disabling several as they attempted to advance.
The forward West Nova Companies requested artillery smoke shells and made several unsuccessful attempt to move forward amidst the smoke. To their right, the Hasty Ps found themselves in the same situation. Throughout the remainder of the day and into the evening, the two regiments clung to the slope as machine gun, artillery and mortar fire swept the area.
At dusk, the Royal 22e Régiment moved forward in an effort to work around the slope to the left. The West Novas’ C and D companies carried out a similar move on the unit’s immediate left, with orders to launch a flank attack in the morning. The night was dark, the dust and smoke from artillery and mortar shells making visibility even worse. As a result, there was some confusion as soldiers moved about on the slope.
By daylight September 20, C and D Companies were in position and moved forward to attack as A and B Companies rushed the German line. Around 1100 hours. A Company and a group of supporting tanks managed to break through the main enemy line along the ridge and enemy resistance quickly collapsed.
The West Novas spent the remainder of the day establishing defensive positions around the hamlet of Pomposa Grande. As evening arrived, the weary soldiers sought what rest they could amid a steady stream of enemy artillery and mortar fire determined to push them off the ridge. The unit clung to their position throughout the following two days—September 21 and 22—as fighting raged further to the east.
By day’s end September 22, Allied forces had secured Rimini and a “month of hot and costly fighting” came to an end. The West Novas’ attacks on San Lorenzo and San Fortunato Ridges had resulted in 58 soldiers killed and another 196 wounded. Combined with the losses during the Foglia crossing, the combat along the Rimini Line had cost the unit 75 dead and 255 wounded, literally half of its fighting strength.
On September 23, the West Novas moved out to the coastal town of Cattolica, south-east of Rimini, where its remaining personnel entered quarters in an Italian naval barracks near the mouth of the Conca River. The soldiers rested there for three weeks while the unit rebuilt its fighting strength.
Lance Corporal James Vincent Fader was one of the soldiers killed in action during the West Novas’ September 19 attack on San Fortunato Ridge. He was laid to rest in a temporary West Nova Scotia Regiment cemetery established in San Lorenzo. On the last day of the month, James’ sister Myrtle received a telegram from Canadian authorities, informing her that her brother had been killed in action. On September 26, 1945, James and his fallen West Nova comrades were re-interred in Coriano Ridge Empire Cemetery, two miles north of Coriano Italy.
Only months prior to James’ death, his father William passed away in Mulgrave on May 15, 1944. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown. William was laid to rest beside his wife Mary in Star of the Sea Cemetery, Canso. In April 1945, James’ widow Lavinia married Aaron Fonagy, a Caledonia, Ontario native, in a ceremony held in the H. M. C. Dockyard Chapel, Halifax. Aaron was serving with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve at the time of the marriage. He and Lavinia returned to Aaron’s hometown after the war. No further information is available on Lavinia’s later life.
James’ sister Myrtle raised his two children in her Mulgrave home. James Clayton Fader spent his adult life in Cape Breton. He passed away in Sydney on July 2, 2005, and was laid to rest in Oakfield Cemetery, Marion Bridge. Mary Delena Fader married Ronald Lee Glass in Mulgrave on December 27, 1958. The couple subsequently moved to Toronto, where Mary gave birth to two children, a daughter and a son. A second marriage to Meryl Elwin Shaw took place in Edmonton, Alberta, on April 18, 1968, and resulted in three more children, a son and two daughters. Mary Delena (Fader) Shaw passed away in Edmonton on April 8, 2018.
Picture of Lance Corporal James Vincent Fader courtesy of Darlene Loyal, Annapolis Valley, NS.
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