225 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SMITH, Kenneth Clifford “Ken” WWII & KOREA Ken was the son of Arthur and Lucy Smith and was born in The Pas, Manitoba on June 26, 1923. He joined the Army in Toronto, Ontario on October 15, 1941 and served in England, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany during World War II. He and his brother Claude both served in the Signal Corps and he was discharged in Winnipeg on October 2, 1946. Ken then joined the Special Forces for Korea on September 6, 1950, spending his time in Kingston, Ontario, retraining as a radio operator and then on to Fort Lewis, Washington. He returned to Winnipeg, finishing his tour of duty there due to health reasons and was discharged on May 11, 1952. Ken was a member of Flin Flon Legion Branch 73 for over 39 years and passed away on April 1, 1991. SNOWDON, Mary WWII Mary was born in Northumberland, England, daughter of John and Elizabeth Snowdon, and she lived in Baldur where she was employed as a receptionist at the Baldur Hospital. Mary enlisted in Winnipeg, trained at Vermillion, Alberta and was stationed at Vancouver, British Columbia. SOUTHERN, M. H. “Jinx” WWII Jinx was born in 1920 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario. He was called “Jinx” because before his first mission as a tail-gunner, on a New Lancaster Bomber, the engines caught fire. Ironically, he was the only one in his gunnery class to survive the war. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 and transferred to the RAF in 1941. He was a member of the famed “Dam Buster” Squadron #617 and served in England during World War II. After the war, he joined the Trans Atlantic Government Air Service which became Trans Canada Airlines and then Air Canada. Jinx later joined Schenley Distilleries and retired in 1979. He was a member of Legion Branch 5 in Port Arthur, Ontario. Jinx passed away in 2002; despite what he went through, he remained a ‘people person’ and was well-known for his sense of humour.
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