125 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca KEELER, Russell WWII Russell was born in Lauder, Manitoba in 1922 and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Wellington Bomber. He served in Canada, England and Royal Air Force Station # 28 OUT Wymeswold, Leicestershire, N. Loughborough. He was killed in action in 1943 and is commemorated at Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. Keeler Lake (64F/2), east of Wells Lake, was named after him in 1994. KEIN, Albert WWII Albert was born in Emerson, Manitoba in 1919. He joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, trained in Portage la Prairie in 1939 and in Ottawa, beginning his active duty on November 9, 1940. Transferred to an army hospital in St John, NB, he trained as an orderly and received his Corporal stripes. From June 23, 1942, he served overseas in the UK and Continental Europe. Albert was discharged on March 12, 1946 and received the Battle of Britain Star Medal, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. He’s been a member of RCL Dominion City Branch #160 for the past sixty-four years and became an honorary member in 2005. KEMBALL, Alfred Charles WWII Alfred was born in Homewood, Manitoba on February 25, 1918 and joined the Royal Canadian Artillery Tank Corps in Shilo, MB in 1942. He trained in Woodstock, ON then at Port Worth and Edinborough, Scotland before being posted to North Africa. The Corps then saw action through Sicily, Italy, France, Holland and Germany then returned to England at the end of the war. Fred resides in Pine Falls with his wife Terry, his children John and Lisa and his eight grandchildren. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Italy Star, the Defence Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Alfred has been a member of RCL Pine Falls Branch #64 for sixty-four years. KELLY, John WWII John was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1913 and enlisted with the Canadian Army as a Cadet on September 3, 1942. As a Lieutenant with the Infantry Rifle in the # 10 District Depot Wing of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada from July 16, 1943, he served on the Western Front until just after the Falaise break-through when he was critically wounded on August 22, 1944. John arrived in Halifax on December 9, 1944 aboard the Letitia, which carried the largest contingent of casualties. He was discharged from the Army under existing medical standards on April 16, 1945. John had been a member of RCL Boissevain Branch #10 for twenty-seven years when he passed away in 1987.
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