189 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MURRAY, George PEACETIME George was born in Winnipeg in 1947 and at the age of thirty, he signed on with the Army Reserves. During Boot Camp, he was made Corporal because he had already achieved his red seal ticket as a heavy duty mechanic. He took some basic training at CFB Cornwallis (Digby) and his mechanical training at Camp Borden. He was to go on with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, but George was honourably discharged in 1978 because of foot problems. As a civilian he worked mainly as a mechanic for Ford of Canada dealerships. He married Denise Ford. They had three children and are retired and living in Winnipeg. MURRAY, Robert PEACETIME Robert was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1937 and joined the Royal Air Force Reserves in 1957. He took his basic training beginning at RAF Winslow and was in RAF Winthorp until the end of 1957 and in 1958 went to RAF Boscombe Down until he was discharged in 1959. Robert returned to Glasgow and answered an advertisement for tradesmen wanted in Manitoba. He was successful and moved to Winnipeg to take up painting and decorating soon working as a self-employed decorator until his retirement in 1998. Robert was married (div) and he brought his three children over form Glasgow and they are still all in Winnipeg today. MURRAY, Walter David PEACETIME Walter was born in 1932 in the Township of Whitton, County Frontenac, Quebec. He enlisted in the Army and served with VIII Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s) in Canada, Congo, Cyprus, Sinai Desert of Egypt, Hawaii, High Arctic and the Caribbean during Peacetime. Walter was fluently bilingual. He was a member of Oak Lake Legion Branch 79. Major Walter David Murray, O.M.M, C.D. (Order of Military Merit) passed away in 2013.
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