229 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca STONE, Harold “Scotty” WWII Harold “Scotty” Stone made his home with the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott of Baldur. He enlisted at Winnipeg in the Army in 1941 and trained there and in Portage la Prairie before going overseas in 1942. STRATH, George WWI George was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1891 and immigrated to Canada in 1910. He settled at Vancouver where he was employed by the Imperial Oil Company. He joined the Canadian Forces on August 14, 1915 and served with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 7th Battalion during World War II. He was sent to Europe with the CEF in May 1916 and saw action in France and Flanders from October 1916 onward. George survived Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917 and was wounded at the Battle of Arras on April 13, 1917. He died of his wounds at the #7 Canadian General Hospital in Étaples, France on April 30, 1917. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. SUTTON, John William WWII John was born in Wakapa, Manitoba on December 21, 1910. He enlisted in the Army on February 3, 1943 and trained at Portage la Prairie and Camp Ipperwash, Ontario with the infantry. He went to the Royal Canadian Engineers at Petawawa and on to England in 1943. He served in France, Belgium, and Holland and returned to Canada on January 26, 1946; where he took employment with the CNR in Winnipeg. He married Lila Wilhelmina Drysdale of Brandon in 1941 and they had three sons.
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