In 1955 at the age of four, Buttignol and his mother boarded the MS Vulcania and immigrated to Canada via Pier 21 in Halifax.
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These war brides to Canada emigrated mainly in 1946 in specially commissioned "war bride ships," like the Queen Mary, Letitia, or Mauretania, and the Île de France, landing at Pier 21 in Halifax.