137 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ERKLENS, Ralph WWII Ralph enlisted in Winnipeg on May 21, 1942. He was in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders for a brief time and spent most of the war in a reinforcement unit. He served in the United Kingdom. He was discharged on April 5, 1946 with the rank of CQM Sergeant. He lived and retired in Winnipeg. He married Anne, a woman he met during the war. They had one daughter. EVERHARDUS, Christopher PEACETIME Christopher was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1968 and joined the Militia with the Princess of Wales Own Regiment in 1987. In 1988, he joined the Regular Royal Canadian Air Force with the Military Police and took his basic training in Cornwallis for thirteen weeks before being stationed at Camp Borden. He then went to Camp Carp. Camp Carp was also known as Camp Diefenbunker where a bunker was built during the Cold War in the event of a possible nuclear attack. It is now a museum just outside of Ottawa, Ontario. After serving his three-year term, Christopher was discharged in 1991. As a civilian he took nurse’s training in Quebec and eventually moved to Winnipeg where he continues in that field. He married Brigitte Vermette and they have three children. EVERS, Gordon M. PEACETIME Gordon was born in Saskatoon in 1946 and joined the Navy Reserve in 1962 there at HMCS Unicorn. Gordon took his training at the Great Lakes Training Centre based out of Hamilton, Ontario learning all about ship operations. Eventually he was deployed to larger ships; HMCS Nootka, a tribal destroyer, HMCS Lanark, a Frigate, HMCS Gatineau, a Restigouche class destroyer and the HMCS Saguenay, a river class destroyer. Gordon spent six years in the Naval Reserve and was discharged in 1968, with the rank of Petty Officer 2nd class. As a civilian, he worked for customs, both at the border and inland. In 1993, he served with the United Nations Sanctions Assistance Mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He spent 25 years with customs and finished his civilian career at Revenue Canada in Winnipeg. He was awarded the following medals: 1967 Centennial Medal, 1994 the Canada 125th Anniversary of Confederation Medal and in 2002, the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. He married Dawn Dufresne and they have a daughter, Allison. Gordon and Dawn are retired in Winnipeg.
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