129 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MATLOCK, Brian Lloyd PEACETIME Brian was born in Placerville, California on October 22, 1946. He served in the Army in Edmonton, Alberta and Germany. Brian attended the first meetings to start a Royal Canadian Legion in Pine Point/Hay River, Northwest Territories in the early 1970s. He died in New Westminster, British Columbia on November 4, 1981. MATTHYS, Leon C. WWII Leon was born in 1904 in Zomergem, Belgium. He joined the Royal Victoria Rifles and served in Ontario from 1939-45. Leon was a member of Swan Lake Legion Branch 126 from 1945 until his death in 1975. Mayo, Bruce A. WWII Bruce was born in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1921. He enlisted in the Army and served with the 12th Manitoba Dragoons in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defense Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Bruce was a member of Selkirk Legion Branch 42 and died in 1995. MAYNE, William “Bill” WWII Bill was born in Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He joined the Canadian Army and served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers in Hong Kong during WWII. After the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941, Bill was a POW until the end of the war in 1945. When he returned to Canada, he was declared legally blind but with the help of the CNIB, he attended the University of Manitoba, obtaining a BA with majors in economics and finance. He returned to the CNIB and worked in various positions, finally becoming director of CNIB War Blinded in 1970. In 1975, he turned his attentions to the War Blinded Veterans Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Bill served six years as president of the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded and was executive secretary. In 1975-76, he was chairman of the National Council of Veterans Associations in Canada. Bill was finally given the Coronation Jubilee Medal and the Order of Canada. Bill has been a member of Pilot Mound Legion Branch for over 30 years.
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