Jun 25, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
**Honour. Duty. Care.** In episode 37 of Digging Deep, President & CEO Heather Kiteley speaks with Allan Cole, Owner and President of MacKinnon & Bowes LTD., about repatriation and military…
Allan ColeGuest
Heather KeightleyHostBut what we want to talk about today, and this is what I mean, we could probably talk about, you and I could talk about funeral service forever.
But I think what we want to really focus on is the work that you do with military repatriation.
So let's talk a little bit about how did that start? Where did that come from?
Well, you have to go back literally to World Wars I, II, and the Korean conflict.
The Canadian military at one time had their own mortuary affairs capability during World Wars I, II.
In World War I, oftentimes it was musicians and those that were in the band would put down their instruments and when they were on the battlefield, grab a stretcher and away you go and
Who are the best people to be able to help care for the dead? Let's think for a moment.
But we were a part during World War I and II of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And so the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in World War I and II created and maintained the cemeteries in which are fallen and the world wars were buried.
And to this day, we still, as Canadians, contribute to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission to maintain those cemeteries that many have visited in Europe
But what we want to talk about today, and this is what I mean, we could probably talk about, you and I could talk about funeral service forever.
But I think what we want to really focus on is the work that you do with military repatriation.
So let's talk a little bit about how did that start? Where did that come from?
Well, you have to go back literally to World Wars I, II, and the Korean conflict.
The Canadian military at one time had their own mortuary affairs capability during World Wars I, II.
In World War I, oftentimes it was musicians and those that were in the band would put down their instruments and when they were on the battlefield, grab a stretcher and away you go and
Who are the best people to be able to help care for the dead? Let's think for a moment.
But we were a part during World War I and II of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And so the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in World War I and II created and maintained the cemeteries in which are fallen and the world wars were buried.
And to this day, we still, as Canadians, contribute to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission to maintain those cemeteries that many have visited in Europe
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