195 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca VOURIOT, Eugene J. WWII Eugene was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1921. He joined the Army in 1942 and served with #10 Prairie Dist., Canadian Infantry Corps in Canada during World War II. He received a Certificate of Appreciation for serving as a test subject in the Experimental Station, Suffield. He was discharged in 1945 and was an eighteen-year member of St. James Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4. He passed away in 1998. WALDEN, Loftin John Gorley WWI &WWII Loftin was born on April 19, 1899 and raised in the Bagot, Manitoba area. He was an electrical student at the time he enlisted in the Army on May 21, 1917 in Winnipeg. He was a Sapper with the 4th Division Signal Training Depot. He left Halifax on December 21, 1917 on the SS Grampian. Loftin arrived in England on December 31, 1917, serving with the Signal Corps. He left England on July 19, 1919 on the SSWinifredian. He was discharged on August 3, 1919 in Kingston, Ontario, having served in Canada and the United Kingdom. Loftin also served during World War II from September 7, 1942 to July 7, 1945. WALLACE, James Alexander BOERWAR James was born in Scotland in 1879.While quite young, his mother died and because his father was a Merchant Sailor, he and his two brothers went to live with their aunts and uncles in Fern Cottage.With all his family being sailors, it was quite strange that he was chronically seasick if he went onboard the seas. When aged twenty, he signed up with the Seaforth Highlanders (Army) and Private Wallace sailed to South Africa. They would march for days then dive for cover when ambushed then back in the sand marching on with their kilts on, the wind-blown sand would cut up their knees. After a year, he was sailing home with three campaign Bars to his Queen’s South Africa Medal. Back home he soon realized he wanted a different life, so it was back on the ship and across the ocean to Canada, MacDonald, Manitoba. It had a good Scottish name and was as far away from any sea as he could get. He recalled a typical meal was boiled mutton, potatoes in their skins, boiled onions, a wedge of plum pudding in a tin and a flat beer to wash it all down. James passed away in 1970.
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