27 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ASHAM, Ebenezer WWII Ebenezer enlisted in Winnipeg in March 1944. His basic training was at Orillia, Ontario, where he spent sixty days. Then he went to camp Borden, Ontario for about six months, for his advanced training. In December 1944, he went overseas on the ship “New Amsterdam”. It took about ten days from Halifax to Greenock, Scotland. From there, he was sent to Blackdown, near Aldershot, England. He took training on Grissley Tanks, but they were outdated, so they had to retrain on American Sherman tanks. They hit the front lines, south of Apeldoorn, Holland. He went through Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He was with the Fort Garry Horse Regiment right until the war ended. He volunteered to go to the Pacific War in July 1945. He came back to Canada on the “New Amsterdam” ship. While he was on his thirty-day leave, the Pacific War ended. He stayed in the Army attached to the Military Police. They were hunting army deserters, plus other things. He took his discharge in April 1946 and resided in Dallas, Manitoba. ASHAM, Kenneth McLure WWI McLure joined the Army in September 1916 at the age of 21. He went overseas to England, then to the Continent. He was in the battle of Vimy Ridge and was wounded. McLure died of his wounds on March 28, 1917 and left behind a daughter, Louise Hodgson. The bible that was presented to him at Camp Hughes, as he left for overseas, was returned to his family. There is a bullet hole through the entire book, upper centre top. It is believed to be the bullet that injured him.
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