Peter Stursberg
| Peter Stursberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg August 31, 1913 Chefoo, Republic of China |
| Died | August 31, 2014 (aged 101) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Journalism |
| Known for | War correspondent |
| Spouse(s) | Jessamy Anderson (née Robertson) m. 1946 (1915-2008) |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg, known as Peter Stursberg, CM (August 31, 1913 – August 31, 2014), was a Canadian writer and broadcaster.
Stursberg was born in Chefoo, China, the son of Mary Ellen (née Shaw) and Walter Arthur Stursberg, who was working for the Chinese postal service. His father, was born in Canada to a German father from the Rhineland and an English mother, while his mother was born in China to an English father and a Japanese mother.
At the age of seven his parents took him on a world tour before returning to China. At age 11 Stursberg was sent to a boarding school in England. Several years later his parents returned to Canada. Peter joined them and went on to graduate from West Hill High School in Montreal. He then took his British matriculation at Bedford School before returning to Montreal in 1930 to attend McGill University where he studied sciences and wrote for the McGill Daily. As a result of the Great Depression, Stursberg's parents suffered a reversal in their economic status and moved to a farm on Vancouver Island. Stursberg left university to follow them west and worked at a number of odd jobs including working in a logging camp, on farms and odd jobs.
In 1934 he found a job as agricultural editor of the Victoria Daily Times. Curious about the situation in Europe, he embarked on a tour of the continent in 1938 visiting France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and the Soviet Union where he was briefly detained for a visa violation. He filed stories as a freelance reporter during his tour and was hired on the strength of these pieces as a war reporter for the London Daily Herald.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he returned to Canada to join the Vancouver Daily Province. He joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Vancouver in 1941 as a news editor. In 1942 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy before becoming a war correspondent for the CBC later that year.
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