181 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MASON, David William AFGHANISTAN David was born on June 29, 1984 in Kamloops, BC. He attended Oakbank Elementary School, Springfield Junior High School and Springfield Collegiate. He joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in 2009 and completed basic military training at CFB St. Jean and advanced infantry training at the Battle School at CFB Wainwright AB. He joined the 3rd Battalion PPCLI in Edmonton and was then deployed to Afghanistan for eight and a half months on Rotation 0, as part of Operation Attention in 2011. David’s Unit was part of a QRF (Quick Reaction Force) operating out of Camp Black Horse and Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was employed as an RG-31 Nyala Armoured Fighting Vehicle driver and gunner on the 7.62 mm GPMG or .50 caliber Heavy Machine Gun RFS (Remote Firing System) providing convoy protection and security for broke down armoured SUV’s. Back in Edmonton, David completed Mountain Warfare Training and was employed as an NCO in the 3 PPCLI Mountain Company. He was a member of the 3 PPCLI Drum Line for the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the PPCLI Regiment. David was honourably discharged in 2015 at the rank of Corporal. MAZUR, Stanley WWII Stanley was born in Winnipeg on February 4, 1923. He attended Lord Roberts School and Calvin Christian Collegiate. He joined the Canadian Army in 1942 and reported for duty at Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg. He was sent to Portage la Prairie for basic infantry training and then advanced infantry training at Camp Shilo, Manitoba. He was sent to Kingston, Ontario for an Infantry Signals Course. In 1943, he went overseas by ship to Aldershot, England where he joined the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and completed driver training on the T16 Universal Carrier or Bren Gun Carrier. Stanley then joined a Replacement Holding Company. A short time later, he joined A Company, Toronto Scottish Regiment in Caen, France. Stanley saw action as a radio operator/driver with the Toronto Scottish Regiment through France, Belgium, Holland, and finally ending up in Oldenberg, Germany. On his release from active duty in 1945, Stanley went to work for CN Telecommunications at Portage and Main, Winnipeg. He is a member of the Henderson Highway Legion Branch 215 and has been for 43 years. MORGAN, Andrew J. “Andy” SPECIAL DUTY AREA Andy was born in Burnaby, British Columbia on October 23, 1973. He enlisted in the Fort Garry Horse, an Armoured Reconnaissance (Recce) unit in the Canadian Army Reserve based at McGregor Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1990. Following basic military training, he was assigned to one year in Assault Troop then two years in a Recce Squadron. In 1994, Andy was augmented to the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) – [LdSH(RC)] Battle Group, and was deployed overseas as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) during the war in BosniaHerzegovina. During this tour of duty he was based in Visoko, Bosnia with Canadian Battalion 2 (CANBAT2). He was assigned to the Headquarters Transport Troop “Heavy Lift” section. His duties were: troop/civilian transport, refueling and resupply, assisting refugee displacement, reporting troop movements, reporting by radio shot and shell violations, security, securing war dead/body exchanges and conducting convoys into the besieged city of Sarajevo. Andy was honourably discharged in 1997. He has been a member of the Henderson Highway Legion Branch 215 for three years.
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