23 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BOSS, Nicholas WWII Nicholas was born in 1921 in Sandy Lake, Manitoba. He joined the Army in Winnipeg at Fort Osborne Barracks where he took his training. He was sent to North Bay, Ontario then returned to Winnipeg where he worked at the Officers’ Mess until the end of the war. Nicholas was a member of Eriksdale Legion Branch 140 for thirty-four years before he died in 1980. BOUTET, Doreen Bertha Lenore WWII Doreen was born in Arnaud in 1925. She joined the Canadian Army in WWII and served with “A” Company, No. 2 Platoon, in Kitchener, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Doreen died in 1997. BRENNAND, Gordon PEACETIME Gordon joined the Air Force as a Flight Cadet. After officer school, he was sent to Gimli for pilot training, received his wings in January 1952 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer. Gordon went for gunnery training then to Chatham, New Brunswick to train on the F-86 Sabre Jet. He was then posted to 422 (F) Squadron near Ottawa and from 1953, spent three years in Baden Soellingen, Germany at the home base for #4 (F) Wing. He returned to Canada to become an instructor on the T-33, a jet training aircraft. He was posted in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Goose Bay, Toronto and Barrington, Nova Scotia after which he went to Staff College in Toronto and was posted in Portage, Ottawa and Winnipeg. Gordon’s last posting was in Air Command HQ. He logged 6,000 hours in 22 aircraft types and retired as a Colonel with 35 years of service with the Canadian Forces and NATO. Gordon has been a member of Elkhorn Legion Branch 58. BREAKEY, Frank Keam “Pete” WWII Pete was born in 1918 in Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army during World War II and served in Canada and Northwest Europe with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Pete was wounded three times during the war. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Bernard I Montgomery Shield for service in the field. Pete has been a member of Hartney Legion Branch 26 as well as a Past President.
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