57 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BOUCHARD, Arthur WWI Arthur Bouchard enlisted on June 4, 1918, in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Winnipeg, at 1st Depot Battalion Manitoba Regiment. He served in the 11th Reserve Battalion 53rd Infantry Canada in England in 1918, in France in 1919, and back in England by July 1919. Arthur Bouchard received his discharge on September 20, 1919 with the rank of Private. He returned to Fisher Branch in 1926 and married Antoinette Hudon. They moved to Burnaby, British Columbia, where they remained until he passed away in 1962. BOYD, Larry R. PEACETIME Larry, the son of Len and Gladys, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in July 1967. He took his basic training and Group I Signals Electrician Course in Kingston, Ontario, and then was posted to 3 RCHA Winnipeg for a duration of one year. From Winnipeg, Larry was posted to Shilo, Manitoba, where he remained for one more year. In August 1971, Larry remustered into The Canadian Military Engineers as a Field Engineer. He was posted to Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, where he spent fifteen years in 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering and the Base Construction Section. Larry’s next posting was to the 1 Brigade (Army of the West) headquarters, Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta. He then was employed as production superintendent, responsible for construction and maintenance of the various building and units within CFB Calgary and all lodger units. BRADBURN, Alex H. WWII Alex enlisted in the 7th Artillery Regiment in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 20, 1941. He served in Italy and Northwest Europe. Alex was discharged in Winnipeg on November 13, 1945. He was a lifetime member of the Hodgson Legion and resided in Hodgson until his death on September 27, 1981 at age 64.
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