241 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NEIL, Robert John WWI Robert was born in Quebec in 1889. He served in World War I with the 1st Battalion in England, France and Canada. Robert was wounded in 1918, returned to active service, and died of influenza in 1919 while still enlisted. NICHOLLS, Fraser W. WWII Fraser was born in Wawanesa in 1920. He served with the Lake Superior Regiment in England, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Fraser was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Wawanesa for fifteen years. NOBLISS, George Arthur WWII George Arthur Nobliss was born in Stonewall, Manitoba in 1924. He enlisted in April 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Winnipeg Grenadiers “C” Force. He took his basic training in Sherbrooke, Quebec and was deployed to the Battle of Hong Kong where he was captured and spent four and a half years in a prison camp. He also trained in Jamaica. He returned to Winnipeg in 1945 and in 1947 married Stella Kulchyski and drove truck from 1947 until 1979, raising four children. George received the Certificate of Peace Medal and the Diamond Jubilee Medal, both in 2015. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Sam Steele Branch 117 for 45 years. George passed away in 2016.
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