81 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca CHRISTIANSON, Bjorn Gestsson “Bud” WWI Bjorn was born at Grund on October 23, 1892, the son of Gester and Jona Bjornson. He enlisted with the 223rd in April 1916. He participated in the battle at Passchendaele, receiving the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field. He returned to Canada in May 1919. Bud married Ingibjorg Eyvindson and they had four children: Arden Thedrik, John Aaran, Conrad Gestur and Hope Aileen. In 1944, he married Oluf Evanson. He fished on Lake Manitoba and blacksmithed in Langruth and in 1933 he bought the John Deere, Ford – Mercury business in Portage la Prairie and lived there thereafter. CIUNYK, John WWII John was raised in Hodgson, Manitoba. He enlisted with the Army transport in 1941 and served overseas in England and Europe. He received an honourable discharge in 1947. CLAIRMONT, Frank WWII Frank joined the United States Merchant Marines in Boston, Massechusetts in 1928. He started his career as a deck hand and then went to the Naval Academy in New York where he obtained his commission as a Senior Engineer. In 1943, he became Captain of his own ship, one of the largest oil tankers in the American fleet. He retired from the Merchant Marines in 1976 after serving 48 years. He died in 1986 at his home in Texas at the age of 76.
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