187 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MORRISON, Michael Killoran WWII Captain Michael Killoran Morrison was with the Personal Selection Office with the Canadian Headquarter Staff overseas during World War II. Following the war, he returned to his family in Port Arthur, Ontario and was manager of the Unemployment Insurance for many years, leaving to join The Investors Group in Winnipeg and returning to Port Arthur as District Manager. He was with Investors Group until he retired. Michael passed away in Thunder Bay, Ontario on May 27, 1984 at the age of 78. MURRAY, Charles WWII Charles was born in 1913 and enlisted in the Army in 1940. He was an instructor for the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and instructed the Home Forces of England on first aid. Charles took some basic training at Camp Borden in 1943 and served in the United Kingdom and in Continental Europe. He was discharged in 1945. He rejoined the Militia in 1949 and was discharged in Winnipeg in 1960 as Regimental Sargent. Charles married Elizabeth Luke and they had eight children. He was awarded the following medals: Coronation Medal, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. shell fell. I thank God that he was well prepared for a death on the battlefield, for he died as he had lived—a quiet, pure-hearted and pure-minded boy, faithful to his Church and attending to his duties every time he got the chance. That thought alone is a very great consolation to me. It was, as you can well understand, a hard and bitter blow to me, who had practically been his comrade right through, though ever father and son. It was however, God’s will that he should ‘give his life for his friends’. And now he is buried in a quiet spot on the slops of Vimy. May his dear soul and souls of his chums rest in peace! Everyone in the Battalion has been very kind and sympathetic with me in my loss; for my boy was a general favorite. The Pioneers made a lovely cross, and grave is railed round, and our Chaplin had planted flowers on it. But his mother’s broken heart! Who will be able to console her? You will write her, I trust. The foregoing written on the battlefield and sent us for publication by an esteemed clerical correspondent, tells its own story and needs no comment. He who alone could give the details will pardon its publication. Our Catholic soldiers known how to love and how to die! RSM James Morrison, TD passed away in 1958 at the age of 86. Both his and his son James’ memorabilia is housed in The Museum of the home station of the Battalion, The Armoury, 317 Park Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Museum is open to the public.
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