263 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca STARRATT, James Donald “Don” WWII Donald was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta on November 27, 1920. He joined the Navy and served aboard HMCS Q056 and Motor Torpedo Boat 735. He spent four years overseas and was on the English Channel on D-Day. He received the 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 19391945, Defence Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Following his naval discharge, Don and brother Dean operated Starratt Transportation Ltd. out of Hudson, Ontario as well as a fiberglass plant and wild rice business. Don was a life member of The Royal Canadian Legion Candlish Memorial Branch 139 in Hudson. He, with other Legion and community members, worked on the memorial cairns located on the east shores of Lac Seul paying tribute to our local veterans who fought and died in World War II. He also composed the inscription on the cairns. “Pause all who pass this way and give thanks for a free and bountiful land”. Donald passed away on December 10, 2018. STEWART, William M. WWII William worked on barge transport on Lac Seul, Ontario in Hudson. He served in World War II with the Air Force. William was killed in action in Aachen, Germany on May 23, 1944. He is interred at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. THORVALDSON, Thorvaldur “Walter” WWI Walter was born in Brandon, Manitoba on October 13, 1892 to Thorleifur Thorvaldsson and Malfridur Gadlaug Jensdottir. He grew up in Brandon and was employed as a fireman with the Canadian Northern Railway before entering the army. It is believed he enlisted with the Manitoba 12th Dragoons on August 23, 1914 before moving on to the Valcartier army base where his formal attestation papers show his enlistment. He shipped out with the first transfer of Canadian soldiers on October 3, 1914 and was soon involved in battles taking part at St. Julien, Ypres and Somme. He was badly injured at St. Julien on April 27, 1916 but, after recovering, returned to duty being placed as a sniper. He held this position until being killed by a shell burst on September 26, 1916 on the battlefield between Theipval and Courcellette in the Somme area. His battalion leader had nominated him for an honorary medal of courage and quick thinking in battle, but he died before receiving this medal. He is buried in the Regina Trench Cemetery in France.
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