Alternate Obituaries

Extract of a casualty list published in The Montreal Gazette on May 15 1944.

Pvt E. M. Tremblay 1925-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal 22nd Regiment
Cpl P. E. Trudeau, VC 1920-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal 22nd Regiment
Pvt R. L. St. Armand 1926-1944. Ortona, Italy 8th Hussars (Princess Louise's Own)
C/Sgt T. Stevenson 1899-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (Black Watch)
 
Extract of a casualty list published in The Montreal Gazette on May 15 1944.

Pvt E. M. Tremblay 1925-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal 22nd Regiment
Cpl P. E. Trudeau, VC 1920-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal 22nd Regiment
Pvt R. L. St. Armand 1926-1944. Ortona, Italy 8th Hussars (Princess Louise's Own)
C/Sgt T. Stevenson 1899-1944. Ortona, Italy Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (Black Watch)

*vomits into garbage, shakes head in disgust*
 
*vomits into garbage, shakes head in disgust*

Note that he was presumably a conscript as he would never volunteer for service. (That was the reason that my grandfather hated the man.) Note also that he got the VC somewhere other than Ortona, probably in Sicily, otherwise it wouldn't have shown up in the paper. And finally, note that the VC is awarded for actions (valour in the face of the enemy) on the battlefield, regardless of their beliefs or previous actions.

So, yes, I made him into an actual hero. Had he lived, he would not have been the PET we all know and "love". At the very least he'd have a respect for the armed forces, possibly (if Canada is lucky) combined with a hate on for dictatorships of all stripes.
 
So, yes, I made him into an actual hero. Had he lived, he would not have been the PET we all know and "love". At the very least he'd have a respect for the armed forces, possibly (if Canada is lucky) combined with a hate on for dictatorships of all stripes.

I see. He fights in war, gets wounded bad but comes home with Canada's highest military honor and both respect for the armed forces (of which he had very little) and perhaps hatred for dictators (which means his wife probably would never call Fidel Castro "the world's sexiest man"). Interesting. :)
 
I see. He fights in war, gets wounded bad but comes home with Canada's highest military honor and both respect for the armed forces (of which he had very little) and perhaps hatred for dictators (which means his wife probably would never call Fidel Castro "the world's sexiest man"). Interesting. :)

He'd still be a socialist twit, but fewer people would hate him. And if he has a dislike for dictators, his "fuddle-duddle" remark could be aimed at Canadian Marxists or even at the Soviets. Given that his personality won't change much, even if his beliefs do, I can see him saying that to the Soviet Foreign Minister- in public. As for his wife, well there is a good chance that he'd marry someone else.
 
TheMann, RCAFBrat, you have just given me an awesomesauce Idea for my AAR: Trudeau as a conscript in the Quebec-recruited 11th Canadian Armoured Division. So thank you, lads.
 
You know, when I started this thread, I didn't intend for it to devolve into a discussion about the politics and life of P.E. Trudeau. That's what PC is for. :rolleyes:
 
May 15 1945
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler former Chancellor of Germany and agressionist against the peace loving workers and peasants of the Soviet Union was executed in Red Square this morning as the free world is at last able to celebrate the end of our most trying times.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
Army Form B. 104-82

_____Infantry_Record Office
_______Munich__________
___November 23rd_1914



Madam

It is my painful duty to inform you that a report has been recieved
from the Kriegsministerium notifying the death of:

(No.)_____35201 _____(Rank) _____Schtz_____
(Name)___Adolf_Hitler_______________________
(Regiment)__6th_Bavarian_Reserve_Regiment_____
which occured _at_Gheluvelt_________________
on the __31st_October_1914__________________
The report is to the effect that he_was___
_________killed_in_action_____________________

By His Majesty's command I am to forward the enclosed
message of sympathy from Their Gracious Majesties the King and Queen.
I am at the same time to express the regret of the General Staff at the
soldier's death in his Country's service.

I am to add that any information that may be recieved as to the
soldier's burial will be communicated to you in due course. A separate
leaflet dealing more fully with this subject is enclosed.

I am,

Madam

Your obedient Servant,

O. Friedrich Petz

Officer in charge of Records
 
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The Funk
January 1st, 1960-July 2nd, 1979.

The Funk, a form of musical expression, died at midnight, at the tender age of 19. The Funk is survived by offspring Disco, twins Electro and Electropop, and House.

The Funk will be missed.
 
William Morris "Billy" Hughes (September 25 1862 - November 29 1917) was Prime Minister of Australia during the First World War between 1915 until his death in 1917.

Born in Wales, Hughes emigrated to Australia as a young man and worked as a labourer, bush worker and cook. Soon involving himself in socialist politics, he became a member of the New South Wales legislative assembly in 1894, before moving to the new Federal Parliament in 1901.

Hughes was Minister for External Affairs in Chris Watson's short-lived 1904 government, and was attroney general in each of Andrew Fisher's three ministries between 1908 and 1915.

In October 1915 Fisher resigned due to ill-health and Hughes became Prime Minister. He became a strong supporter of Australia's involvement in World War I and was convinced that conscription was necessary in order to sustain Australia's contribution to the war effort. A referendum on the proposal to introduce conscription was defeated in October 1916 but Hughes survived as Prime Minister with the support of the opposition, with whom he formed a "win-the-war" government.

A second referendum was soon planned but Hughes was quickly becoming a polarising figure among Australians, equally adored and despised by large numbers of potential voters. Tragically, the hatred against the Prime Minister soon took form in an incident which would take his life.

On November 29 1917 Hughes, a passenger on a mail train from Brisbane to Sydney, briefly stopped at the rural Darling Downs town of Warwick to address a large crowd about the pending referendum on military conscription. Two bricks [1] were thrown at the Prime Minister, one striking him on the head. The Prime Minister was pronounced dead an hour later at the Warwick hospital, sparking a wave of grief and shock, although it was not equally felt by all members of the Australian political landscape.

The second referendum on conscription was held less than a month after Hughes' death, and was defeated, prompting the resignation of his successor Joseph Cook and an early federal election.


[1] OTL, the bricks were actually eggs. Hughes served as Prime Minister until 1923 and died in 1951.

 
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The Sunday Times Obituaries: 23rd April 1961
Benito Mussolini

The former Prime Minister of Italy, known for his flamboyant style and authoritarian practices as well as his love of futurism has died of a wasting disease [read: syphillis] after many years of pain, aged 78. The controversial politician forced himself into power in 1922 yet was removed shortly afterwards by the Social Democrat Party. He later achieved cult status among the disaffected youths of Italy, and was an early proponent of the Vespa, which he used in mass rallies through the streets of Milan. He was finally elected Prime Minister as leader of the Viva Italia Party in a landslide in 1949. For sixyears he ruled in a profligent and often cavalier fashion that earned the ire of many domestic critics yet the admiration of many abroad. His management of the Italian economy led to a net shrinkage in the Italian economy, with levels of poverty rising and unemployment reaching 30%. He was finally removed by a vote of no confidence after a mob of angry students was fired upon in Florence. He was then convicted of embezzlement and overstepping his constitutional rank, yet this was overturned due to his ill health and lack of evidence. He retired to the shores of Lago di Gardi with his wife and mistress, where he went on to father a further six children. The ruling coalition government has made a statement of sorrow for his loss and a day of mourning has been declared.
 
Barack H. Obama
1961-2008

One thing can be said with certainty about the recent passing of Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, that he died far to early. Born in Hawaii in 1961, the child of Stanley Ann DUnham and Barack Obama,Sr. he would go on to have a life that few in America at the time would think a child with a white mother and Black father could have. A Student of Law at Harvard, Obama would spend his life in the late eighties and early nineties as a community organizer in chicago, a proffesor of law, and a civil right attorney. In 1996, Obama would be elected to the 13 district of the Illinios state senate, a position which he was elected to three times. From their his, political career went upwards, and was later elected to the US senate in 2004. At the 2004 National Democratic Convention, Obama gave a key-note speech, which came with much attention and speculation that he could on day be the first African-American President. After Ohn Kerry lost the 2004 election to Geogre W. Bush, many began to throw Obama's name around as a potential candidate for 2008. On February 17th of last year, Obama announced that he would indeed be running for President. During the Democratic primaries of this year, Obama pulled of an amazing victory for the nomination against party favourite, Senator Hilary Clinton. Just as Obama looked set to storm into battle with Republican candidate Mike Huckabee, tragedy struck. Barack Obama was assassinated on August 28th, 2008, right before he was set to give his acceptance speech for the nomination. Though the event still remains coverd in mystery, and as Hillary Clinton and her running mate Joe Biden look set to rise to the challenge of running in the place the should have belonged Barack Obama, Americans can be sure that we have lost a very remarkable man.
 
Karl Marx (1818-1848)

One of the Paris casualties of February, 1848, was one Karl Marx, today largely forgotten, but at the time a name of rising recognition, thanks to his name on the cover of the recently published Communist Manifesto (later copies would put Engels as the sole author), as well as, to a smaller degree, his sole lifetime publication On the Jewish Question (1843).

Though he had a large influence on Engelism, this could hardly be said to translate into a very significant impact on Western Thought.

OOC:

Poverty of Philosophy (1847) goes unpublished in Marx's lifetime, and he's still in Paris come the 1848 Revolution. Marxism -- TTL, known as "Engelism" -- has a greatly reduced role.
 
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