205 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SERGE, Raymond PEACETIME Raymond was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1957 and joined the Infantry division of the Canadian Army in 1976. He took his basic training (boot camp) in Saint Jean, Quebec and was posted to CFB Val-Cartier and shortly afterwards was posted to CFB Petawawa, Ontario with the Canadian Airborn Regiment. Raymond took a paratrooper’s jump course and also passed a course which enabled him to wear the maroon beret. He was there until 1983 when he was posted to Edmonton, Alberta with the Canadian Airborn Regiment there. For two years he instructed new young soldiers the art of jumping out of planes. After being a parachute instructor he joined the RCMP in Edmonton and after going through his training he was posted to Ottawa where he was on guard duty for the Senate, the Prime Minister and Parliament Hill. In 1989, he went to the RCMP Academy in Regina and after some training was posted to Carberry, Manitoba to a four member force there. He stayed there for two years and in 1992 went up north to Island Lakes until another move had him move to Selkirk, MB for another two year term. He then joined the Emergency Response Team and stayed on that job for eight years. In 2007, he retired from the RCMP and rejoined the Military and in 2008 he went for a six month term to Afghanistan with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). He was discharged in 2012 and as a civilian worked at the airport unloading cargo that UPS sent from the USA. In 2014 he became a Commissionaire and was posted to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights where he is still employed today. He is married to Gail Hellmann and they are living in Winnipeg. SHUTTLEWORTH, Stanford Harris WWII Stanford was born in the Odanah Municipality (Minnedosa), Manitoba in 1918. He enlisted in Winnipeg on May 12, 1941 with the RCOC (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps). He received his basic training in Hamilton, Ontario where he took a course in mechanics. He then became a driving instructor. Anxious to get overseas, he was able to transfer to the RCCS (Royal Canadian Corps of Signals), 4 Squadron Signal 5 Division. He was assigned to an armored command vehicle as a driver mechanic (18 ton ACV “G”). He served in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was awarded the following medals: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 Star, and War Medal 1939-1945. He married Wilhelmina Erkamps from Hilversum, Holland in 1945. They had five children. They were together until his death in 1999. They lived in Onanole, Manitoba until 1977 where he retired from the RMNP (Riding Mountain National Park). They moved to Surrey, BC. Stanford was a member of the Onanole Legion Branch.
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