227 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca WALKER, Murray A. WWII Murray was born on January 31, 1914 in Graysville, Manitoba. He farmed in the area prior to enlisting with the 15th Light Anti-aircraft (Canadian Army) in Winnipeg on September 4, 1940. L/Bdr. Walker served in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe as a Gunner and medical orderly with his gun crew during World War II. Murray received the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and the War Medal 1939-45. He was honourably discharged on October 1, 1945 and returned to his love of farming in the Roseisle area. Murray was first married five months prior to his passing away on January 16, 1977. He is interred at Graysville. WALLEY, Ernest C. WWII Ernest was born in Birtle, Manitoba in 1925. He joined the 12th Manitoba Dragoons in 1940 and served in Canada as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was discharged in 1945 and transferred to Special Reserves. Apart from having been a Life Member of Birtle Legion Branch 55 for fifty years, he was also Past President for two years, Secretary Treasurer for 14 years, and was presented with the Certificate of Merit. WARD, Donald N. WWII Donald enlisted in Vancouver in January 1944 and was discharged there in October 1945. He served as a Private with the Pictou Highlanders, Canadian Armoured Corps, as well as with the Merchant Navy, in Canada and Alaska, USA. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Merchant Navy Medal and the Victory Medal. Donald has been a member of Russell Legion Branch 159. WANAMAKER, Doreen M. WWII Doreen was born in 1924 in Regina, Saskatchewan but grew up on the family homestead near Nipawin, Saskatchewan. After her five brothers volunteered for the war effort, she enlisted when she came of age, joining the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1943. She took her basic training in Vermillion, Alberta. Doreen was stationed in Maple Creek, Halifax and Regina toward the end of the War when she worked in a clerical unit on discharge papers. She volunteered to go overseas; however, the War ended before that could happen. Upon discharge in 1945, Doreen took a hairdressing course that was sponsored by the Army. She married Covert William Armsworthy in Regina in 1947 and they moved to Flin Flon in 1948 and Snow Lake in 1958. They raised four children. Doreen was an active member of Snow Lake Legion Branch 241 for seventeen years before she passed away in November 2004.
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