107 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca HENDERSON, Ogden Ross WWII Ross was born in Morden, Manitoba in 1919 and enlisted there on April 8, 1941 with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He trained at Water Street Barracks, went to Aldershot, England in September of 1941 and then to Loch Tyne, Scotland to prepare for the D-Day invasion. He returned to Brockville, Ontario for officer training in January 1944 and then to Camp Shilo until 1945 before returning to England in that same year. He returned to Canada after VE Day to go to the Japanese conflict, but VJ happened first. Ross enrolled at United College in September 1945 through the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and was discharged in November 1945. HENDERSON, Raymond C. WWII Raymond was born in Asessippi, Manitoba in 1922. He enlisted in Winnipeg in June 1914 with the 8th Light Anti-Aircraft, 70th Battery and was discharged there in October 1945 after having served in Continental Europe. He passed away in 1981. HENRY, Harold W. WWII Harold was born in Grandview, Manitoba on June 6, 1923. He enlisted in the Army in 1944 and was sent to Shilo, MB for basic training. His outfit was then on a recruitment tour of towns around the province, demonstrating some of the weaponry that the Army used for training purposes. They were later sent to British Columbia but the war had ended by then and he was disappointed to not have made it overseas. Harold had been an active member of the Grandview Branch #14 of The Royal Canadian Legion for thirty-seven years when he passed away on March 2, 1983 at sixty. He is buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba. HENDERSON, Wilbert WWII Wilbert was born in Morden, Manitoba in 1917 and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg on December 7, 1942. From the Manning Depot in Toronto, he was sent to St. Thomas and St. Hubert where he trained to be an electrician. Shipped overseas on December 8, 1943, he served on various RCAF and RAF bases in England, working on Spitfires, Typhoons and in a communications unit. After D-Day, he served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany and was part of the German occupation force until he returned to Canada in May of 1946. Wilbert had been a member of RCL Morden Branch #11 for fifty-one years when he passed away in 2007.
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