127 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MARCYNIUK, Donald Arthur “Dan” PEACETIME Dan joined up at Winnipeg Fort Osborne Barracks at Depot #8 as a private. From there they sent him to Edmonton, Alberta for basic training at Camp Greisball Barracks. He was there for only three months and then they shipped him to Camp Albert Head on Vancouver Island for the remainder of his basic training. After basic training, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, C. Coy, PPCLI at Work Point Barracks in Esquimalt, BC in the outskirts of Victoria. During his stay at Work Point Barracks, he visited a few different camps. One was Chilliwack where the Royal Canadian Engineers were posted. He spent a night in Camp Vernon, BC on the way to Camp Wainwright, Alberta. There they spent a couple or more weeks training with soldiers from all over Canada. At that time, they had visitors from other countries. Later they spent a week or two in Camp Shilo, Manitoba. After his posting in Esquimalt, he was shipped to Germany. They went by Air Canada from Vancouver to Toronto, Ontario then by bus to Trenton, Ontario. They waited at Trenton, Ontario RCAF Base for an air lift to Dusseldorf, Germany and from here they were bussed to Fort Mcleod, near a little town, called Deilinghofen. He stayed there for only nine months. Dan broke his leg in Germany so spent a month or more in a British Military hospital in a town called Iserlohn, Germany. From there he was sent to Marville, France. He spent a few nights there then the RCAF brought him back to Trenton, Ontario. He spent a few nights there and then flew back to Winnipeg to Deer Lodge Hospital. He spent about a month there and went back to Fort Osborne Barracks where he was released on October 19, 1964. Dan still had his leg in a cast when released. “I must admit I’m sorry I got out when I did as the three years I spent in the Army was a very good experience for me.” MARTIN, Albert B. WWI Albert was born in Oakland Municipality, near Nesbitt, Manitoba, in 1891, and lived on the farm with his parents until he enlisted in 1917 with the 43rd Cameron Highlanders, serving in Belgium, France and Canada. He returned home on May 19, 1919, to take up farming for a living in Welwood and Oakville, Manitoba. In 1941, Albert enlisted for service again and was officially made a guard for foreign prisoners held in Canadian Prisoners War Camps. He returned to Oakville to his farm after the war. He passed away in 1980.
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