165 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca POOLE, Joseph Leslie WWII Leslie was from the Bagot and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba area. He joined the Army on June 18, 1941 becoming a motorcycle dispatch rider until February 14, 1942. Joseph then transferred to regular Army as a private, serving in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. He was wounded in Belgium on September 26, 1944. Joseph was discharged on September 26, 1945 in Winnipeg. PORCINA, Paul WWII Paul enlisted to the services in Canada and went overseas in 1940 with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1st Division. He was on active duty in England and Scotland, also North Africa, Sicily, Belgium and Holland. He returned to Winnipeg, Manitoba in November 1945 then transferred to the Royal Canadian Engineers and served for five years in Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. Paul transferred to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in 1950. He served in Canada for one year then went to Germany for two years. He returned to Canada in 1952 and lived in Regina, Saskatchewan for two years. In 1954, he returned to Germany and his family joined him. For two years, Paul was at many different camps. He returned to Canada in 1956 and was stationed in Edmonton. He was in Regina in 1965 and received his discharge. Paul served in the Army from 1940 to 1965, 25 years in the service. He received the following Medals: the 1939-1945 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Canadian Forces Decoration and First Clasp. After Paul’s service, he resided with his wife Marge in Regina, Saskatchewan. PRATT, Richard Henry WWI Richard was born in Warwick, England in 1885 and farmed in Bagot, Manitoba. He joined the Army in February 1917 in Winnipeg, sailing from Halifax to England on the SS Metagama in May 1917. Richard was a Private with the Canadian Forestry Corps serving in England. He also served with the #1 Railroad Construction Company in England and France. Richard was wounded by machine gun bullets in the arm and chest and also suffered an injury to the head at Amiens, France. After the war, he sailed home on the RMS Aquitania in November 1918 and was discharged on January 31, 1919. Richard passed away on May 28, 1952 in New Westminster, BC.
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