113 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MacDONALD, Alexander Shaw “Alex” WWI Alex Shaw MacDonald was born in 1886 in Scotland at Tarbert, Isle of Harris. He then immigrated to Hilton, Manitoba with his family when he was two. He was a farmer and a licensed electrician when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, Manitoba Regiment, in Brandon, Manitoba. He was deployed to France as a Sapper (combat engineer) during WWI. Alex passed away in 1961. MACKIE, Grace L. WWII Grace was born in Minto, Manitoba in 1922 and joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service, serving in Canada. She passed away in 2004. No additional information is available. MADILL, Jack W. WWII Jack was born on July 7, 1924. He received his Pilot Wings on March 24, 1944 then went to England and Karachi, India. Two new Canadian transport squadrons were being formed at Gujarat, India, so he became a member of 436 Squadron, flying Dakota aircraft. On the Burma Front operations, his job was to drop supplies by parachute to the British 14th Army or land them if a suitable site was available. Luckier than some of his comrades, he completed an 800-hour tour of operations through the monsoons. After the bomb fell on Nagasaki, he stayed in Burma until road and rail communication was restored. With his squadron, he returned to England from where he flew back and forth to the Continent on transport missions until roads and rail systems could be rebuilt. Jack returned to Ottawa in June 1946 and was a member of Altamont Legion Branch 195 for forty-nine years. MacLEAN, Harold Frances WWII Harold was born in Sperling, Manitoba on July 19, 1921 and worked in the North Antler district before enlisting in the Provost Corps, #5 Canadian Command, in January 1943. He trained at Winnipeg, Manitoba and Debert, Nova Scotia before sailing overseas in September of the same year. Lance Corporal MacLean saw ten months of service in Italy before dying of wounds received near Jesi when their Willys hit an unmarked crater late on September 22, 1944. Taken to New Zealand Hospital, Harold died 3 days later of pneumonia. He is buried in Ancona War Cemetery in Italy. Maclean Rapids, in Northern Manitoba, is a geographical site that was named in his honour. Harold was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and the War Medal 193945.
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