121 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca DAVIS, William “Bill” WWII Bill enlisted in the service on October 5, 1940, at Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He joined the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He was transferred to Shilo and then moved to Cove Field Barracks, Quebec City, Quebec. He was now in the 1st reinforcement. Early in December 1940, they embarked from Halifax on the HMS Louis Pasteur (a captured French ship). They landed at Greenock, Scotland, on December 25, 1940. From here he went to Aldershot, England and took training in the Commandoes, in preparation for the Dieppe Raid of August 1942. Here, he was wounded and hospitalized in the fall of Dieppe. In March 1944, they sent him home on a hospital ship, HMCS Andes. He was in Deer Lodge Hospital, Winnipeg, on his return from England and was discharged in July 1944. He moved to British Columbia in November 1944. He spent most of his early days on his grandfather’s farm near Hodgson attending Marble Ridge and Hodgson schools. The picture was taken in New Haven, Sussex, England, where they were doing coastal guard duty in 1942. This was the same port the Cameron Highlanders left from on the Dieppe Raid. DELORME, Albert Noel Joseph WWII Albert enlisted in the Army at Portage la Prairie in May 1942. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Albert was in NRMA from April 19, 1942 to April 30, 1942. He was discharged at #10 District Depot, Winnipeg, on March 12, 1946. His medals include 1939-1945 Volunteer Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. DELORME, Joseph Alcide Augustin WWII & KOREA Alcide enlisted with the Canadian Army (Active) on April 1, 1942, in Winnipeg, as a Trooper with the Armoured Corps. He served overseas in Britain, Central Mediterranean Area and Northeast Europe. On September 14, 1946 he was given an honourable discharge and was awarded: the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the War Medal 1939-45. Alcide re-enlisted on November 23, 1951, in Winnipeg, as a Trooper with the Armoured Corps, Unit “A”, Sqn. LDSH, RCACA. He served in the Far East and was awarded the Korean Medal and United Nations Service Medal (Korea). He embarked from Canada on April 30, 1953, and disembarked in Japan on May 16. He embarked from Japan on May 19, and disembarked in Korea on May 20. “Many war stories were told by my father. One tells of the horrors these men endured. An overturned tank was engulfed in flames and his friend was trapped inside. My father described his friend’s screams as unbearably horrible.” Alcide was born and raised in the Fisher Branch area; he married Gertrude Boisclair from Inwood, Manitoba. After his service with the Canadian Army, he and his wife moved to Winnipeg, where they raised five children. At the time of his passing, Alcide resided in Ashern, Manitoba.
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