49 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BEDARD, Litton KOREA Litton enlisted in Winnipeg on July 27, 1950 and was in the PPCLI Parachute Battalion. He served for one year in Korea, also serving in the United States and Japan. He was discharged in Winnipeg in August 1953, after which point, he lived in New Zealand with his wife, Joy, four daughters and seven grandchildren. They had an orchard and grew avocados. BENNETT, Clifford PEACETIME Clifford was born in St. Rose de Lac, Manitoba in 1945. He enlisted in the Army in 1962 with the Queen’s Own Rifles (2nd Battalion) and after one year he went with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and took paratrooping training. Clifford spent three years in Germany with NATO and was stationed at Fort McLeod, which was an Airborne training facility. He did a tour to Cyprus in 1967 with United Nations and joined 2 Command in the Airborne Division in 1968 until he was discharged in 1970. As a civilian, Clifford worked in construction, operated a private automotive business and spent his last 23 years of work with CP Rail. He is single and has two boys and a girl from a previous marriage. Clifford resides in Winnipeg. BERNIER, Paul E. WWII Paul joined the Army at Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 18, 1943. From Fort Osborne he went to Cornwall, Ontario for his basic training. He then returned to Fort Osborne, Winnipeg, where he did guard duty on Japanese and German prisoners. He could not be posted overseas due to a re-occurrence of ill health. It took the doctors a long time to find out what the illness was. Finally on April 1, 1946, he was admitted to Deer Lodge hospital for surgery. On April 2, 1946 he underwent a kidney operation. He was not discharged from hospital until June 4, 1946. He was married to Delia Meilleur on July 2, 1945, while still in the Army. He received an honourable discharge from the Army on June 26, 1946, after which he resided on a farm at Fisher Branch, Manitoba.
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