229 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca TRUTHWAITE, Robert Henry Jr. “Rob” PEACETIME Rob Truthwaite, youngest son of Bob and Ann Truthwaite, joined the army as a radio operator. He left for Cornwallis, Nova Scotia on September 28, 1990 to take his basic training for ten weeks. TRUTHWAITE, Sean Thomas PEACETIME Sean Thomas Truthwaite was born in Arborg, Manitoba, on October 30, 1963, the first child of Bob and Ann Thruthwaite of Hodgson, Manitoba. He was raised on the farm and attended school for four years in Hodgson then transferred to Fisher Branch when the Hodgson school closed. Sean worked on the family farm and for neighbours. In February 1984, he went to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia to participate in Course 8408, basic training from which he graduated on April 26, 1984. He transferred to Camp Shilo, Manitoba where he completed his artillery trade, qualification three on July 27, 1984. Following leave, Sean was posted to 1 RCHA in Lahr, West Germany in August 1984. He completed the Basic Artillery Communication Course 8402 in November 1984, Basic Artillery Technician 8501 in December 1985, Basic Unarmed Combat Course 8501 also in December 1985, Driver Light Track Course 8601 in March 1986 and completed the Combat Leaders Course, in first place and was promoted to Master Bombardier in July 1987. In 1985, there was a competition at Vogelsang, which was constructed during the early years of Adolph Hitler’s rise to power as a center for higher education and physical development. This competition involved six sections that battled for supremacy throughout a week that included small arms shooting, orienteering, first aid, demolitions, grenades, and the obstacle course, as well as others. Number 4 Section, of which Sean was a member, finished in first place, which was a great honour. Sean was killed on April 25, 1988 while instructing a drivers training course in Lahr, when an untrained driver lost control of the light tracked carrier in which they were training and it overturned. There was a Master Bombardier S.T. Truthwaite Memorial Trophy being presented annually by the Regiment 1 RCHA, to the Gunner who displayed the best professional and personal qualities that were personified by Sean.
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