237 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca WISHART, Andrew Malcolm Brown WWI Andrew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on October 12, 1896 and he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery on September 21, 1914. He was stationed at Scapa Flow Naval Base in northern Scotland where he spent much of his duty on an armed trawler searching for German U-Boats off the British coast. Although he was selected and prepared for duty in France on two occasions, Andrew was ultimately ordered to remain in Scapa Flow to continue his service. Andrew suffered a lifelong disability when his foot was crushed by an artillery gun in November 1914. He was discharged from the British army in February 1919 and moved to Canada in 1920, eventually settling with his family in the Plumas, Manitoba area, and later retiring in Neepawa. Andrew was a member of both the Plumas and Neepawa Legion Branches for a total of forty years before he passed away in 1983. YAKE, Ernest R. “Ernie” WWII Ernie was born in Mather, Manitoba on December 25, 1921. He joined the Army in 1941 and served as a motor mechanic in Canada and England, repairing tanks with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during World War II. Ernie received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the 1939-1945 Star and the Defence Medal. He was a member of St. Paul Legion Branch 100 for more than sixty years before he died on December 20, 2009. YAKE, Murray H. WWII Murray was born in Mather, Manitoba on November 19, 1919. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment in April 1940 but broke his leg before his regiment was sent overseas. He then served as a paratrooper instructor in Canada, then as a truck driver and dispatch rider in England in 1944. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the 1939-45 Star and the Defence Medal. Murray was a member of Lake Cowichan Legion Branch 210 for more than twenty years and he passed away on August 2, 1986. YAKE, James A. “Bert” WWII Bert was born in Mather, Manitoba on November 26, 1923. He joined the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders on January 7, 1942 and served in Canada, England, Sicily, Italy and Holland, going overseas in July 1942. His jobs included unloading boats, policing towns, taking ranges and he was also a machine gunner as well as a Bren Gun Carrier driver. Bert also served with the Saskatoon Light Infantry, P.L.F., M.G.S. When in Italy, they were issued helmets that looked like German helmets and were fired upon by their own tanks using armour-piercing artillery. Thankfully, they weren’t explosive shells. After VE-Day, Bert volunteered for the Pacific but hostilities had ceased by then. He received the 1939-1945 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the Defence Medal and the War Medal 193945. Bert married Gladys Bamford and they raised nine children. He has been a member of MatherCartwright Legion Branch 86 for over sixty-five years.
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