201 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ROSEVEARE, John C. WWII John was born in Sperling, Manitoba in 1921. Following family farm, he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery (Army) in Winnipeg in 1942 and trained at Camp Shilo. He was attached to the 23rd Regiment RCA Self Propelled and 83rd Battery North Atlantic. In January 1943, John departed from New York. After a vicious North Atlantic storm crossing, he served in England before Northwest Europe. John was a driver instructor and field mechanic on everything from motorcycles to Sherman and Ram tanks. Active battle was North Atlantic, Defense of Britain, and then Caen and Falaise to Rested near Wilhelmshaven and victory. John served in Czechoslovakia in post war. Following discharge in 1946, John married Nan Curtis from Kenton, Manitoba, raising five children in Waskada then family farm in Kenton. John received several awards including French Legion Medal of Honour, Battle of Britain, and Victory Europe Medals. Nan is deceased and John lives in Hamiota, Manitoba. John has been a member of Kenton Legion Branch 118 for sixty years. ROSS, William PEACETIME William was born in 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and after a year or two of being a Sea Cadet, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy Reserves out of the HMCS Chippawa. He went to Hamilton and sailed the Great Lakes and took some training just west of Victoria, British Columbia at CFB Esquimalt. William specialized in radio communications and a lot of various administration work. He was discharged in 1978 and as a civilian he worked for 28 years with the Investor’s Group and worked another seventeen years in the lawn care business. He is now retired and is living in Winnipeg. ROZIERE, Adolphe R. WWII Adolphe was born in Notre Dame de Lourde in 1922. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in the Netherlands at the rank of LAC during World War II. He was honourably released and transferred to the Reserve General Section Class “E” on June 26, 1944. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, and the France and Germany Star. He was a member of the Oak Lake Legion Branch 79. Adolphe passed away in 1994.
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