175 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca LECUYER, Andy PEACETIME Andy was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba in 1937 and joined the Army Reserves in 1957. In 1959 he joined the Canadian Army in ‘Signals’ and took his basic training starting in Kingston, Ontario. He went to Egypt in 1961 with the United Nations for one year and returned to Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and was shipped to Germany with that Regiment. From there he went to Edmonton working on a construction line crew (signals). Then he was posted to Val Cartier, Quebec and onto St. Hubert, just outside Montreal. From there Andy went to the Middle East once again with the United Nations. He finished up his military career, after 22 years, in Camp Shilo. He married Patricia Curdt from Sperling, MB and they had three children who all live in Winnipeg. LEGARE, Giles PEACETIME Giles was born in St. Jean, Quebec in 1949 and 24 years later joined the Army in that same place. He was put into the Tri-Service and eventually was placed in the Royal Canadian Air Force and went into the financial and accounting area. He was sent to Camp Borden, Ontario to study English and a trade, which he settled in on finance. His first posting after training was to Ottawa for four years, part of which was going to Chilliwack, BC for basic officer school. He was posted in Queen Charlotte Island, BC for two years and then back to Ottawa at the Communication Base. Giles was posted in Toronto at the Recruiting Centre where he travelled throughout Ontario going to schools recruiting. He then went to Borden again for Officer Finance School for two and a half years. He went to Winnipeg to the Air Force Base and then to Air Command. He retired from the CFB in 1992 and as a civilian, after a twenty-year military career, he worked as a Commissionaire and in the financial industry and fully retired in 1995. Giles was married, now divorced, and has two children. He lives in Winnipeg. LELLIOTT, William G. WWII William was born in Winnipeg, MB in 1914. He enlisted in the Army with the PPCLI “B” Company. He served in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands and Continental Europe during World War II. William passed away in 1990.
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