103 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca EHNES, Brian PEACETIME Brian was born in Morden, Manitoba, on September 17, 1941. He joined the Canadian Army Artillery Corps in October 1958, at age 17, and took his basic training at Camp Shilo, MB. He had intense training with a lot to learn in six months, i. e., Military Law, Parade Square Drill, Artillery Guns, small arms, Bren Gun, hand grenades. He was posted to Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg, 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery “Z” Battery 155 Howitzers. He was also training as Driver for Jeep and up to five-ton trucks. Brian took signal courses and moved from a gun crew to the command post communication wireless. He was discharged in October 1961. Brian is a Life Member of Fort Garry Branch #90 of The Royal Canadian Legion. EMBURY, Charles B. WWI Charles was born in 1889. He joined the 1st DWMT Coy. He passed away in 1921. No additional information is available. EYRES, Christopher WWII & PEACETIME Christopher was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1917. He was part of Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment and Canadian Army Occupation serving in Canada, England, Italy, North West Europe, Germany, Lebanon and Palestine. Christopher was selected for officer training and graduated in May 1944 from Armoured Officer Training Unit Royal Academy. He held on to many posts during his career in the military. Christopher passed away in 2008, and had been a member of Fort Garry Branch #90 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 15 years. ENNS, John A. WWII John was born in the Ukraine in 1922. He graduated from Sanford Consolidated High School and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in May 1941 and took his training at Brandon, Regina, MacDonald, Virden and received his Pilot’s Wings at Dauphin SFTS in July 1942, and continued training at #1 GRS, Summerside and #32 OUT, Pat Bay, BC. He was posted to England in early 1943 training on Torpedo Hampdens and continued at Turnberry, Scotland, then posted to #415 Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron at Thorney Island in July 1943. Operations continued with torpedoes and 500-lb. bombs against enemy surface shipping along the Dutch, Belgian and French Coasts. The squadron moved to Bircham Newton in December 1943 and in July 1944 all 415 air crew were transferred to #524 RAF Squadron. John was awarded an immediate DFC in October 1944. In November 1944, John and his observer were posted to RAF Training Command in Northern Ireland until the end of the war. He’s a member of the Sanford Branch #171 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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