143 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca McPHERSON, Graham Edward PEACETIME Corporal Graham McPherson joined the military in 1962 and served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He served in Cyprus and West Germany. He was killed on March 1, 1970 in a military accident. MENARD, Lucien A. WWII Lucien had one month training in September 1939. Shortly after his release he went to the mines. Lucien left the mines to join the Royal Canadian Air Force at the old Lindsay Building in June 1941. He went to the Manning Depot, Brandon and from there he transferred to McLeod, Alberta, No. 7 Flying School in 1942. In the spring of April 1943 he was posted overseas. They sailed on the Empress of Scotland to Liverpool and from there they went to Bournemouth. Lucien was then assigned to No. 6 Bombing Group in Yorkshire, England and Lemington No. 63 Base. His first leave was in London and Sheffield, it was quite scary at times as they had to spend a lot of time at night in the air raid shelters. From there he went on to Scotland where he met Phyllis who he married in July 1945. Lucien met Phyllis in Glasgow, Scotland at the Central Station. He had been on nine days leave from England. They had nine days of leave every three months so that is where he spent his leaves in Scotland from then on. Lucien was repatriated to Canada in March 1946 and was discharged on July 8, 1946 having served as Leading Aircraftman. Phyllis came to Canada by train from Halifax to the CPR Station in Winnipeg in July 1946. MESSENGER, Harry WWI Harry was born in Henley-on-Thames, England in 1883 and farmed in the Bagot, Manitoba area. He joined the Army in November 1915 in Winnipeg. Harry had influenza in March 1916 while training in Canada. He sailed from Halifax in October 1916 on the HMT Saxonia. Harry was a Private with the 44th Battalion until May 1918 then with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He served in England and was sent to France in January 1917. He had scabies and pneumonia while serving in France and was severely wounded with a gunshot to his shoulder in May 1917 at Lens, France. Harry also had a gunshot wound to his calf in September 1918. He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. After the war, he sailed to Halifax in January 1919 on the RMS Aquitania. Harry was discharged on February 27, 1919.
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