225 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca VAN WALLEGHEM, George R. WWII George was born in Belgium and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving in Germany and England. He has been a member of Kenora Legion Branch 12 for more than eight years. VELIE, Stephen Harold “Steve” WWII Steve was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan on November 7, 1915. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on June 27, 1941 and took his basic training in Winnipeg before being posted to Hamilton and Barriefield in Ontario. After embarkation leave, he traveled overseas in the Fall of 1942 as an armourer with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. A year later in 1943, Steve left with his unit for the conflict in Sicily and Italy, where he was wounded on December 22, 1943. He rejoined his unit in Italy to later campaign in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Steve was honourably discharged in Winnipeg on December 14, 1945. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the War Medal 1939-45, and the Defence Medal. Steve had been a member of Pine Falls Legion Branch 64 before he died on July 11, 1997. WADE, Robert A. WWII, SPECIAL DUTY AREA & PEACETIME Robert was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1920. He served in the Army with 76th Battery and the 17th Field Regiment in Canada, England, Italy, Holland and Germany. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the Italy Star, the Victory Medal, the France and Germany Star, and the Defence of Britain Medal. Robert has been a member of Atikokan Legion Branch 145 for more than fifty-three years. VINCENT, Omer WWII Omer was born to Fortunat and Marie Vincent in St. George, Manitoba on April 13, 1920. He joined the Canadian Army in Winnipeg at the Military District #10 and served in the Royal Canadian Artillery, 3rd Division of the Anti-Tank Regiment. He was posted in Canada, England, and the post-invasion countries of Europe after D-Day, May 8, 1944. At the age of 25, he was killed in action on April 13, 1945 and was interred in the Holton War Cemetery in the Netherlands. Omer was commemorated on page 573 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the War Medal 1939-45, the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, and the Defence Medal. Vincent Island in Mullin Lake was named after him in 1995.
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