21 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ALLEN, McDougall “Mac” WWII Mac was born on February 7, 1931. Along with older brother Ron and mother, Marjorie, he moved to Prince Rupert, BC in 1940, where his mother worked in the shipyards building warships and was nicknamed “Rosie the Riveter”. In 1944, Mac enlisted in the 1st Battalion Prince Rupert Regiment MG (machine gun) as a “Boy Soldier”. He was only thirteen but had his mother sign an attestation declaring that he was born in 1929 to indicate he was fifteen years old. Mac and Ron trained on 306 Springfield and 303 Lee-Enfield rifles, Bren gun, Sten gun and 40 MM Bofors anti-aircraft guns, as well as driver and communications training. The training was very intense due to the threat of Japanese invasion of the west coast through the Aleutian Islands. He was honourably discharged in 1946. Mac passed away in 2011. ALLEN, Ronald John “Ron” WWII Ron was born on December 9, 1929 in Winnipeg. Along with brother Mac and mother, Marjorie, he moved to Prince Rupert, BC in 1940, where his mother worked in the shipyards building warships and was nicknamed “Rosie the Riveter”. In 1944, Ron enlisted in the 1st Battalion Prince Rupert Regiment MG (Machine Gun) as a “Boy Soldier”. Ron and brother, Mac, trained on 306 Springfield and 303 Lee-Enfield rifles, Bren gun, Sten gun and 40 MM Bofors anti-aircraft guns, as well as driver and communications training. The training was very intense due to the threat of Japanese invasion of the west coast through the Aleutian Islands. Ron was honourably discharged in 1946. He passed away in 2008. ANDERSON, Harold W. PEACETIME Harold was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1940. He enlisted in the Army and served during Peacetime in the Middle East, Germany and Canada with the Black Watch Canadian Medical Corps (IPPCLI). He has been a member of Legion Branch 42 for five years.
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