191 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NELSON, Raymond WWII Raymond was born at Dry River, the son of J.W. and Alma Nelson. He married Velma Driver in August of 1951 and resides in Greenup, Kentucky, USA. They have four children. He enlisted in Winnipeg in 1940 and trained in Saskatchewan and served overseas in the United Kingdom, Africa, Italy and Northwest Europe with the PPCLI and was discharged with rank of Sergeant. NICHOLL, Tom A. WWII Tom was born in Winnipeg in 1926 and at seventeen and a half years old, he signed up with the Royal Canadian Navy at HMCS Chippawa. He began his active service taking his basic training as an oil stoker in Windsor, Ontario and shortly thereafter took a six week engineering course at HMCS Cornwallis. He was drafted to Halifax and then aboard the HMCS Protector in Sydney, NS and then was aboard the HMCS Sudory, which was a mine sweeper. When the war ended on VE Day, Tom was back in the barracks at Sydney and he volunteered for war in Japan when he was sent to go aboard the HMCS Uganda in Vancouver, but prior to heading out the war with Japan ended. Tom was working at the CNR prior to joining the Navy and he returned there until his retirement in 1985. He married Verna Anderson, who he met in Nova Scotia while stationed there and they had three girls and one son. Tom is still living in the same house he was in after the war. This year, Tom will receive his 60 year Legion Membership Pin. NORCOTT, Don SPECIAL DUTY AREA Don was born in Kenora, Ontario and enlisted in the Air Force in 1956. He took his basic training in Winnipeg taking special training as an electrical technician (Aero) with RTTP Group One. He started as an AC2 and after seven months he was given an honourable discharge as an AC1 or Aircraftsman. As a civilian, Don was an electrician then worked for 25 years as a computer maintenance technician and later was a computer programmer until he retired in 1995. He is now retired and lives in Winnipeg. He is widowed with two children and is re-married to Lena.
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