79 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca FRASER, Donald WWII Donald was born in Scotland in 1897. He served in the Army in France with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps during World War II. Donald was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Flin Flon Branch 73. FYCK, William M. WWII William was born in Calder, Saskatchewan in 1925. He served as a Signalman with the A7 CSTC in Canada during World War II. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Flin Flon Branch 73. GARTON, WilliamThomas “Bill” WWII William Thomas “Bill” Garton was born on March 13, 1918 in Homefield, Manitoba. He attended school there, then in Boissevain, where he grew up. In 1942, having met Edith Smith, of Kenton, Manitoba, they married on September 5, 1942 shortly before Bill joined the Army, and trained and served with the 59th Fd Battery, 21st Fd Regiment, RCA, Camp Petawawa, Ontario. In 1943, Bill went overseas just before his first daughter of five, and three sons, was born. Bill served from England through France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. His brother-in-law, Charlie Smith, was killed in action. Bill was honourably discharged in 1945, working for Gordon Hunter of Kenton, before buying his own farm nearby in 1954 through VLA. Bill received three medals: Volunteer Service, Defence, and Victory Europe, and two stars, 1939-1945 WWII, and France and Germany. Bill and his family were great community supporters. He was with the Knights of Pythias and was a Woodworth (Kenton) Royal Canadian Legion Branch 118 member for 44 years until his death in 2004.
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