119 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca HALLGRIMSSON, Bjorn “Barney” WWII Barney was born north of Baldur, the son of Thorstein and Valgerdur Hallgrimsson. Barney enlisted in Winnipeg and trained at Toronto and St. Thomas and was stationed at Debert, NS and served overseas in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He lived at Cypress River and in 1953 he married Rowena Richmond. They had five children: Peggy, Vera Ann, Joan (deceased), Robert and Sandra Lynn. HALLGRIMSSON, Franklin H. WWII Franklin, youngest son of Lindal and Valgerdur Hallgrimsson, was born in Winnipeg on January 3, 1925. He enlisted in the RCAF in 1941 as a wireless operator and then joined the Merchant Navy going to sea early in 1945. He later served in the Army and took his discharge in Winnipeg. Frank was married and resided somewhere on the American West Coast. HALLGRIMSSON, Lindal J. WWII Lindal, the second son of Lindal and Valgerdur Hallgrimsson, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on February 8, 1923. They later resided on the farm of Wallace Johnson at Bru for eleven years prior to his enlisting in the RCAF in 1941, taking his training at Brandon, Calgary and Paulson. He graduated as a Wireless Air Gunner and went overseas in 1944, serving in England until October 1945 when he returned home. Lindal made his home in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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