173 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca RICHARDSON, Wilfred WWI Wilfred was born in Barnstaple, England in 1890, moving to Canada with his family in 1894. He was a farmer from the Bagot, Manitoba area, joining the Army in September 1915 in Portage la Prairie. Wilfred sailed from Canada for England on the SS Lapland in March 1916. He was a Sergeant with the 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion serving in England and France. Wilfred was sent to France in May 1916 and was wounded in the leg and face by shrapnel at Rouen on September 27, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme. He was admitted to an Australian Field Hospital. Wilfred was hospitalized and dangerously ill from pneumonia and pleurisy in February 1919. He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge and Military Medal. Wilfred passed away on April 10, 1975 in Nanaimo, BC and is buried in the Cumberland Cemetery, Comox, BC. RINTOUL, James Lloyd WWI James was born in Kemptville, Ontario in 1895 and was an auto mechanic from Bagot, Manitoba. He joined the Army in November 1917 in Winnipeg, sailing from Halifax for England on the SS Milita in April 1918. James was a Private with the Canadian Reserve Calgary Regiment, serving in England and France. He had the mumps in May 1918 and contracted bronchitis as well as being kicked in the face by a horse, fracturing his nasal bone in August 1918. James was sent to France in August 1918. After the war, he sailed from Liverpool, England to Halifax on the HMCS Aquitania in January 1918. He was discharged on March 3, 1919. James died in 1982 and is buried in the Kemptville Public Cemetery in Kemptville. ROCHE, Marcel WWII Marcel joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in August 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as a mechanic and was sent to #4 Souris Flying School in Saskatchewan for one year. He was then transferred to #17 Souris Flying School in Souris, Manitoba when it first opened. Marcel remembered that the conditions were terrible; sand was blowing around, everything was a mess and all they had to eat were green apples. While at the base in Souris, he was hit by a propeller and injured his back. After being hospitalized in Souris, he was transferred to Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg for two or three months. Marcel was discharged in August 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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