167 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SHERRER, George A. WWII George was born in MacGregor, Manitoba, in 1920. He joined the 13th Field Artillery in Calgary at the beginning of World War II. After his training in Canada, he was sent to England where he went on various missions throughout the British Isles, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Canada. George participated in the D-Day Battle at Normandy on June 6, 1945. His medals include a Voluntary Service Medal, the France and Germany Star, the 1939-1945 Star, the Defence Medal and another 1939-1945 Medal. George passed in 1996 and was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Swan River Branch 39. SHURVELL, Frederick C. WWII Frederick was born in Isabella, Manitoba, in 1915. He joined the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders on September 18, 1939, in Brandon, Manitoba, and served in England where he took his most intensive training. He was taken Prisoner of War at Dieppe and spent thirteen months as a shackled prisoner at Stalag B Camp and was later sent to Stalag 2-D Camp in charge of a work party of 23 men.Work parties were fed better than those penned in prison camp proper. Frederick was one of the first Canadians to be liberated by the Russians and taken to Odessa Camp Russia. He arrived in the United Kingdom on April 2, 1942. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the 1935-1945 Star P.O.W. Frederick passed away in 1990 and had been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 for over forty years. SHWALUIK, Steve WWII Steven Shwaluik enlisted on July 14, 1941 with the Royal Canadian Engineers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He took his basic training at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba and his advance training at Camp Shilo. He was sent to Woodstock, Ontario for drivers mechanic course. After completing the course, he returned to Camp Shilo and took a Bren gun carrier training course. He then returned to Woodstock for a Dispatch Rider’s course and after this he transferred to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and returned to Fort Osborne Barracks to a Specialist Company. Steve went overseas in March 1943 and was stationed in Aldershot, England. His Company, the 1st Division, went to Sicily at the time of Sicily’s invasion. He crossed into Italy and went as far as Ortona at which time he was transferred to the 9th Field Ambulance. He left Italy and landed in Toulon, France. Steve went through France, Belgium, part of Germany and into Holland, where he was when the war ended. Steve returned to Canada in October 1945 and received his discharge in December 1945.
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