George Lane: 1942

if i understand it well, the "last war" mentioned in the capture must have been WW-I. So George must have been in his thirties during that war, not as a private i suppose, but as a professional. At Vimy Ridge the Canadian Corps (helped by the British Army?) fought against the Germans in 1917. So i am puzzled a bit about when he joined the army (as is said "he served ... from Vimy Ridge to the Occupation") so must have been from 1917. By the way, what is meant by "the Occupation"? And then: when was he a house painter: before or after he served in the army? And at the time of the photograph he is painting "De Land pool products", but i can't imagine what kind of products he is painting, seems more to be products for a bridge or something, but a pool .....??

[As stated in the caption, George is working for the De Land industrial pool of small machine shops. Pool means group. Not something to swim in. He's painting a motor rack for a radial aircraft engine. - Dave]