199 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SHIEL, Frederick Godin WWII Frederick was born in 1922 in Minitonas, Manitoba, where he received his education. He joined the Royal Canadian Army’s 1st Battalion Saskatoon Light Infantry and served in Europe as a Dispatch Rider. He was wounded in action in 1944 and later died in Ravenna, Italy. Frederick is buried in Argenta Gap War Cemetery near Ravenna. SHOREY, Ralph B. WWII Ralph was born in Boissevain, Manitoba in 1918. He joined the Army, trained in Prince Rupert, British Columbia and served in England and Holland with the Essex Scottish Regiment of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. He was a member of Boissevain Legion Branch 10 for forty-two years. Ralph died in 2009. SMILEY, Harold “Alvin” WWII Harold was born in East Selkirk, Manitoba in 1922. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on June 11, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and trained as a wireless operator in Lachine and Montreal, QC, Dauphin, Manitoba and Boundary Bay, BC in July 1944. He was then sent to Top Cliff in Yorkshire, England for four months but the war ended on May 8, 1945. Alvin was then posted to Greenwood, NS to start training for the Japanese War but it ended on July 16, 1945. After his discharge on September 15, 1945, he worked for the Manitoba Power Commission and joined The Royal Canadian Legion in Carman and Oakville, Manitoba before transferring to Boissevain, joining the Legion there. At Boissevain, he served as President, Vice President, Zone Commander, Area District Commander and Honorary President for the Manitoba Command for one year. A Life Member of Boissevain Legion Branch 10, Alvin made his home in Brandon, Manitoba. SKOGLUND, Ranald Hazael WWII Ranald was born on August 12, 1922 in Erickson, Manitoba. He joined the RCAF in 1941 and the Army in 1942, serving first in Scotland in 1943 then Aldershot, England. In November, he landed in Africa at Algiers then went to Philippeville. In February 1944, he sailed to Naples, Italy then rode a train to Avellino where the fierce fighting was hampered by cold, rain and mud. Serving with the Tanks Corps Reinforcement, he drove in large convoys taking troops and supplies to the front lines over treacherous mountain roads, seeing devastation and hunger everywhere. He was hospitalized in Naples, Groningen, Holland and Nuremberg for Malaria. After the war, Trooper Skoglund drove officers around Europe until he was honourably discharged on February 27, 1946 in Winnipeg. He received the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and the War Medal 1939-45. A member of Morris Legion Branch 111 for thirty-eight years, he died in 1986.
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