167 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MATCHETT, Stewart WWII Stewart was born in Baldur, the son of Edward and Lottie Matchett. Stewart enlisted with the RCAF in 1940, trained at St. Thomas, was stationed at No. 12 S.F.T.S. Brandon and served overseas at Oban, Scotland. He served two tours of operations as flight engineer and did a tour on Transport through the Middle East, Calcutta and Ceylon. Discharged in 1945, he rejoined the Canadian Army in November 1951 and served as a mechanic in Canada and Europe until April 1968 and then was discharged on age limit. He married Lynn on June 26, 1946 and they had three children. Their son, Edward, has served in the RCAF. MATHERS, Andrew J. WWII Andrew, the son of John and Agnes Mathers of Baldur, was born in May 1918. He enlisted in Brandon in 1941, serving in the Armoured Car Regiment, training at Fort William and Camp Borden before going overseas in 1942 where he served throughout the Italian campaign. Andrew lived in Vancouver with his wife after the war. They had two daughters, one of which lost her life in a car accident. McCLELLAND, William WWII William was born in Miami, Manitoba in 1922. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 at Fort Osborne Barracks and served in Canada during World War II. He took some training at the University of Manitoba and travelled to Trois-Rivières, Quebec to the Officer Training Centre. He was under the Saskatoon Light Infantry Unit (Machine Gun Regiment) and carrying fifty-pound machine guns was no easy task for a soldier weighing 102 pounds. He was then stationed to Brockville, Ontario and was promoted to Corporal, then to Vernon, British Columbia and became Sergeant. He was then moved to Ottawa and was discharged there in 1946. William married Hattie Hammond in 1949 and they had three sons. After his discharge he worked as a truck driver/shipper/receiver for a year, for an implement dealer for two years and retired from London Life after having spent 32 years there. William now resides in Winnipeg.
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