197 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca STODGELL, Garnet WWII Private Garnet Stodgell enlisted on September 28, 1939 in Winnipeg. He trained at Fort Osborne Barracks and Minto Armouries. He went to Bermuda on the “Lady Drake”. Then to Jamaica in September 1940. He returned to Canada at the beginning of October 1941. Five weeks later he took a train to Vancouver, then a ship to Hong Kong. It took 21 days to get there. He was there from three to four weeks when the fighting started. Garnet was taken prisoner on December 24, 1941. He died in a Japanese prison on March 20, 1943 at the age of 25 and lies in a cemetery somewhere in the Orient. Stodgell Lake is named for Private Garnet James Stodgell. STODGELL, George WWI George was the son of Henry and Kitty Stodgell of Fisherton, Manitoba. His brother Harry served in World War I, and his brother Alex served in World War II. George enlisted in 1914. He served in England and France, where he was gassed at Ypres, then taken Prisoner of War for some months until the war ended. He was farmed out to a German family around 1916 or 1917 and got along so well with them that he planned on staying in Germany, but he got ill and went to England for treatment. He stayed there for almost a year. He was with the occupation forces in Germany after the war. George got married to May Davey in England in 1919 and returned to Canada and was discharged in 1920. He resided in Winnipeg until his death in 1943. STODGELL, Harry WWI Harry was the son of Henry and Kitty Stodgell of Fisherton, Manitoba. His brother George served in World War I, and his brother Alex served in World War II. Harry enlisted in 1914. He served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany during World War I. He married an English girl in 1916. He returned to Canada in 1920, then moved to the United States where he resided until his death.
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