209 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca STUART, Kenneth W. SPECIAL DUTY AREA Kenneth was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 1953. He served in the Canadian Forces in Germany, Washington, DC; Cyprus, Egypt, Golan Heights, Israel and Canada with the following service units: 2PPCLI, Canadian Consulate USA, 3 Mech Commando Germany, HMCS Protecteur, HMCS Annapolis, Canada. Kenneth has been a member of Oak Lake Legion Branch 79 for 34 years. STURNEY, Albert H. WWII Albert was born in Winnipeg on August 29, 1924. He went to school at Greenway General Wolf and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve RCN(R) in April 1942 at HMCS Chippawa and was posted to Esquimalt, BC for Basic and Initial Naval training. He was trained as an ASDIC operator and obtained his SD rating. Albert was then sent to Halifax and posted to his first ship, the corvette HMCS Cobalt. His ship escorted freighters between Halifax, New York, Newfoundland and out into the Atlantic to meet allied convoys. Albert was transferred to the minesweeper HMCS Lachine and continued on convoy escort duty until he returned to Halifax to receive further Sonar training to get his HSD rating. He was honourably discharged in October 1945. After the war, Albert apprenticed as a bricklayer but could not find work in the trade so he joined Canada Post and worked as a postal clerk until he retired in 1987. He has been a member of the Henderson Highway Legion Branch 215 for forty years. TAYLOR, Edward P. WWII & KOREA Edward was born in Ontario in 1923 and joined the Army in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Division and after his basic training went overseas to action in Italy, Holland and Belgium. He was a radio operator, operated guns and was responsible for driving the Colonel from place to place. Edward was also involved in the Korean War during 1953 and 1954. He went on his first Germany Tour from 1954 to 1956 and his second tour from 1964 to 1966. Edward retired in Winnipeg at Fort Osborne Barracks in 1971 and in his civilian life he worked for Booth Fisheries and for the Dairy Lab at the University of Manitoba until his retirement in 1988. He married Yvonne in 1962 and they had two children together. Edward passed away in 2015. He was a Legion member for 59 years.
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