Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Command Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13
1 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND A Message from the President www.mbnwo.ca On behalf of Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Command of The Royal Canadian Legion, I wish to thank all the businesses, individuals, and Legion Branches throughout our Command for their continued support and incredible generosity in making this, our 13th edition of the Military Service Recognition Book a reality. 2022 marks the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As Canada’s longest reigning Sovereign and the first to celebrate a platinum jubilee, this historic milestone will be celebrated in many ways such as a visit from The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to Canada on a Royal Tour in May 2022 as part of Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Truly a reason to celebrate. Our hope is that this publication will continue to remind us all of the important part our military has played and to always thank the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces for their bravery and sacrifice. Jerry Lava President The Royal Canadian Legion Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario Command
Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13 2 Front Cover Photos The images on the front cover are posters that were entered in the Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Command of The Royal Canadian Legion ProvincialYouth Education Literary, Poem, Poster and Essay Competition. The black & white poster was created by Chantal Hofer of Cartwright, Manitoba; the colour poster was created by Christina Waldner of Elkhorn, Manitoba. The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Command Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13 PAGE President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Publisher’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 VETERANS ABEL, Alexander Brigham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 ALEX, Hilding Waldemar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 ALLARD, Fernand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 ARASON, Gerald Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 ARNASON, Gisli Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 AVISON, George Thomas Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 BABCOCK, George A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 BAILLIE, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 BARR, Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 BARRETT, Arthur E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 BARRETT, Percival Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 BAYES, Arthur Garnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 BAYES, Cecil Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 BAYES, Ernest Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 BAYES, Frederick Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 BAYES, Levi George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 BÉLANGER, Alphonse Gaudias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 BERGMAN, Henry I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 BERTHELETTE, Leon E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 BIRCH, Ronald Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 BORKOFSKY, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 BUTCHART, Reginald Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 BUTLER, James Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 COLVIN, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 COLVIN, Allan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 COLVIN, Allan Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 COLVIN, Carman G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 COLVIN, Frederick J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 COLVIN, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 COLVIN, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 COSTELLA (REESE), Annie Maud . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 COSTELLO, Howard James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 COUCKUYT, Brian D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 CRAGG, Garnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 CUMMING, Alexander John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 CURISTON, Charles Roland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 CURISTON, Samuel Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 DAILY, Larry William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 deBALINHARD, William Carnegy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 DELGATY, Thomas Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 DICK, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 DICK, John J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 DICK, William Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 DRAPER, Robert Lyford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DUBOIS, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DUDECK, Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DYER, Hugh Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 EDWARDS, Thos H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EDWARDS, William Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 ERSTELLE, Leonard Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Table of Contents
3 www.mbnwo.ca Table of Contents EYFORD, Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 FINDLAY, Charles Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 FINDLAY, John C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 FINDLAY, Lloyd Eby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 FIRMAN, Roger Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 FUNK, Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 GALVIN, Arthur L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 GAUTHIER, Marcin Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 GAYTON, William Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 GLOVER, Frank James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 GNUTEL, Donnie P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 GOLDSTONE, Joseph Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 GOODBRANDSON, Brandure Andrew . . . . . . . . . . .81 GOULD, Fredric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 GOURLAY, Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 GRYBA, Charles H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 GRYBA, Stanley P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HAINSTOCK, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HALLIDAY, Arthur S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HAMES, W. Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HANNA, Naomi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 HANNA, Orval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 HANNA, Weldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 HANSON, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 HARKIN, Patrick George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 HARPER, Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 HARRIS, Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 HAYS, David Balfour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 HEAPE, William B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 HEATH, Harold William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 HEBERT, Alfred Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 HERITY, Frederick Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 HODSON, Albert Innis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 HOLLIDAY, Orval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 HOLOWATY, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 HOWARD, Arthur G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 HOWELL, Brant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 HUARTSON, Henry A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 HUNT, Albert Kitchener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 HUNT, Ernest Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 HUNT, Richard Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 HURST, Elgin A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 IRWIN, Gordon Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 JAMES, Albert Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 JENKINS, Francis Surrage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 JOHNSON, Bernard Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 JOHNSON, Donovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 JORDAN, Frederick John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 KAKISH, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 KASHTON, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 KAZMIR, Andrew Nickolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 KELLINGTON, Wilfred Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 KENNEDY, Douglas Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 KENT, David Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 KENT, George Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 KENT, Harvey Bridger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 KENT, Sidney Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 KNIGHT, Ronald Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 KOLSTAD, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 KYLE, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 LADEROUTE, Raphael Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 LADEROUTE-ALLAN, Edith Marie . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 LANGLOIS, Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 LANGRELL, Edward S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 LEADBEATER, Arthur Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 LeBLUE, Edmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 LEBRAS, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 LEITCH, Enos Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 LEITCH, Sanford Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 LIGHTFOOT, Edith Eileen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 LIVINGSTONE, Dugald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 LIVINGSTONE, Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 LOCHHEAD, Hector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 LOEPPKY, Harold Clifford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 LONDRY, Archie William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 LOVETT, Herbert Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 LOW, Donald Baird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 LUKIANCHUK, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 LYONS, Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 MacFIE, Gordon C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 MacFIE, James E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 MacLEOD, Norman Neynoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 MAHER, William Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 MALONEY, William Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 MANSOFF, George William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 MARKS, E. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 MAXWELL, Guy Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 MAYOR, George W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 MAZIER, Dmetro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 McBEAN, Peter Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 McBRIDE, William Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 McCAULEY, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 McCLAIN, Harold Calven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 McCOWAN, Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 McCRACKEN, Howard R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 McDONALD, Allan Hector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 McEACHERN, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 McINTYRE, James A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 McKIE, William J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 McKIE (BRADSHAW), Winnifred V. I. . . . . . . . . . . . .143 McLAREN, Arthur John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 McLAREN, Walter Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 McLAUGHLIN, Alfred Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 McNAMEE, Leslie Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 McNEILL, Donald Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 McPHAIL, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13 4 Table of Contents MELNICK, Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 MILLIONS, Garnet Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 MINERS, Reginald George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 MOLONEY, David Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 MONTGOMERY, Albert James H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 MORDEN, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 MYHILL, Gordon W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 NEWBY, Thomas Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 NICHOLLS, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 NICHOLS, Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 NOGA, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 NORRIS, James C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 O’REILLY, John M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 ODDAN, Harold Engman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 OMIT, Neil G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 OSBORNE, Kara M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 OSWALD, Alice P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 OVERLAND, Alvin O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 PALMER, William G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 PARENT, Laury J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 PASHKOSKY, Joseph P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 PEARSON, Douglas E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 PEARSON, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 PELECHATY, Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 PELLETIER, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 PENGELLY, Francis James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 PENMAN, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 PENNOCK, Joseph D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 PENNYCOOK, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 PERKES, James N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 PETRIE, William G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 PETRIUC, Theodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 PICKERSGILL, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 PICKERSGILL, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 PICO, Lyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 PLESKO, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 PLUMMER, Earle A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 POOLE, Edward W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 PREDIGER, Charles W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 PRESUNKA, David N. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 PRICE, Bruce F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 PRIEST, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 PROUDFOOT, James A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 PRUDER, Clarence E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 PRUSS, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 RALSTON, Charles F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 RATSON, Fred G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 RATSON, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 RATSON, Martin L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 RAVEN, Jack A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 READY, William Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 REAGAN, Bernard A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 REDAHL, Carl A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 REED, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 REIMER, Arthur B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 REIMER, Peter R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 RENNIE, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 RENVILL, Joseph K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 REUSCH, Roland K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 REYNOLDS, Ernest A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 REYNOLDS, Harry K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 RICHARDSON, Cyril Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 ROOKS, Lester George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 ROSS, E. Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 ROY, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 SAMWAY, Harold Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 SANGSTER, Edward M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 SARGENT, Carlie Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SAWCHUK, Very Rev. Dr. Sam W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SCHULTZ, Hugo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SETTER, Clayton N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SHEETS, William John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SIMPSON, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SLOAN, Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 SMITH, Charles Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 SMITH (BUCHANAN), Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 STANLEY, Alfred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 STEEN, Robert C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 STEFANSON, Numi H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 STEPHENSON, Leslie Currie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 STEWART, Hamish Galbraith Hamilton . . . . . . . . . .205 STEWART, William Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 STODGELL, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 STOESZ, Steve D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 STUART, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 SWINDLEHURST, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 SWITALLO, Charles George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 SYRENNE, Roland Adrien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 SYROTUCK, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 TAPAROWSKI, Carl Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 TELFER, Andrew Black Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 THOMPSON, Albert Lorne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 THOMPSON, Joseph A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 THOMPSON, Melvin Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 THOMPSON, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 THOMSON, John Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 THOMSON, Robert Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 THOMSON, Thomas Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 THORNTON, James Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 THORPE, Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 THORSTEINSON, John Magnus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 THORSTEINSON, Kristjan Jonson . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 TILLEY, Irvin Alfred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 TIMMERMANS, William George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 TIPPING, Harry R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 TITOFF, Leon A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
5 Table of Contents TOD, Robert G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 TODD (CAMPBELL), Mernelda A. R. . . . . . . . . . . .223 TOKAREK, Walter John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 TORGUSON, Raymond Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 TOTHE, Leslie W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 TREMAIN, Samuel Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 TROUGHTON, Thomas B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 TUMLINSON, Milton Cornelius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 TURNER, Ernest C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 TYNAN, Eileen M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 TYNAN, Kathleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 UHLIN, Arnold Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 ULINDER, Robert Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 UZELMAN, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 VAN NES, Johan Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 VANN, George Cecil James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 VAUGHAN, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 VEAL, Herbert Kitchener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 VENASSE, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 VERWILGHEN, Charles Alphonse . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 VICKERS, Alfred George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 VOS, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 WAKEMAN, Thomas Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 WALKER, Howard Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 WALKER, John G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 WALLACE, Hugh John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 WALLACK, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 WALTON, Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 WARD, George Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 WARD, John Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 WARNOCK, Elmer Allan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 WARREN, Clayton Ennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 WARREN, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 WASIUTA, William Gus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 WATSON, Edwin Blackburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 WATSON, John Witfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 WATTS, John Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 WEBBER, Richard Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 WEBSTER, Elmer H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 WEESE, Helena M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 WEESE, Wellesley George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 WEITZEL, Henry Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 WELLS, John Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 WENDEBORN, Emil John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 WEST, Albert Barton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 WHITE, Albert Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 WHITE, Conrad M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 WHITE, Mervyn Vivian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 WHITE, William Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 WHITELY, Eric Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 WHITMORE, Benjamin William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 WHITMORE, Donald Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 WICKENS, William A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 WIEBE, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 WIENS, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 WIEST, Robert Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 WIIG, Arnold Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 WILKEN, William A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 WILKES, Conrad Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 WILKIE, William Archibald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 WILKINSON, Kenneth Whitwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 WILLIS, Donald George Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 WILLIS, Howard Melvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 WILLIS, Wilfred George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 WILLIS, William Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 WILSON, Alfred Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 WILSON, Forrest C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 WILSON, Ludwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 WILSON, Robert Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 WOLOSCHUK, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 WOOD, George Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 WOOD, Samuel George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 WOODS, Ernest Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 WOODS, Leonard Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 WOODS, Richard Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 WOODWARD, Walter Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 WORKMAN, Willard Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 WOTTON, Lyall Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 WRAY, Mervin Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275 WRIGHT, Andrew Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275 WRYE, Arthur Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275 YAKE, Ernest Rae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 YARUSH, Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 YEO, Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 YEOMAN, Thomas James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279 YOUNG, Norman Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279 YOUNG, William Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279 ZBITNEW, Walter S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 ZDAN, Dmytro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 ZENTNER, Albert H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 ZIMMERMAN, Robert Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 ZLOTY, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 ZROBACK, Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 Advertiser’s Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 Veteran Submission Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
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13 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ABEL, Alexander Brigham WWII A Veteran’s Military Memories I joined the army, Royal Canadian Artillery, on January 16, 1942. I took my basic and advanced training at Brandon, Manitoba. After a period of intensive training, most of the group moved off to England except for four of us who were only 18 and we had to be 19 to go overseas. In June 1942, we were posted to heavy anti aircraft Battery (ATT) at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where we guarded the steel mills from any air attack. We received American rations here. In August 1943, we were posted to Brandon, Manitoba. After a session of advanced training we were drafted overseas on the Queen Mary in late September. After arriving in Scotland we were immediately sent by train to Aldershot. I took driver’s training here. In January 1944, I was posted to the 18th Bty. 2nd Canadian Antitank Regiment 2nd Division. England provided still further training and employment on the south coast in an anti invasion role in the defence of Great Britain. In April 1944, I became part of the 7th Brigade 3rd Canadian Division and all leaves were cancelled. On June 2, 1944, in preparation for the Normandy invasion, we were loaded on to a ship at Southampton. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles were on it, too. The lieutenant told us we would be first line reinforcements wherever they were needed. In the early morning of June 6 we were ordered to be ready to man the assault boats. We had watched the Royal Winnipeg Rifles man the boats and go in. The assault boats that made it came back for us and we were on the Canadian sector of Normandy beach at 10 o’clock. All of us who landed that day knew we were a part of one of the largest military operations of our time. The first few days on the beach were very uneasy times. The first night I was on guard duty at midnight. Some German planes came in and dropped anti personnel bombs on a row of trees about 100 yards from where I was. They killed 24 men and wounded a number of others. About the third day a lieutenant picked out ten of us to help him look after about 800 German prisoners. This task took place in an open field with no cover. We were two hours on duty and two hours off but were always there. The only time we took our shoes off was to change socks. The first week in July a Lieutenant from the Queen’s Own Rifles came into camp. Some German snipers had gotten in behind the lines and were causing some trouble. The Lieutenant picked me and a fellow named Sineese and two German prisoners to go between us to help act as a cover.We were told to keep one pace apart, wait twenty minutes until the Lieutenant got into position, then go down the road. If we made it we were to keep on going to Brigade Headquarters about three miles away. We did draw the sniper fire and I managed to keep us together and we made the Brigade H.Q. This was the only time I was ordered to do a task like this - Thank the Lord, as our chances for survival weren’t great. Near the end of July I was posted back to the 18th Bty. 2nd Antitank Regiment 2nd Division around Verrieres. I had developed a very bad infection in my right hand caused from some fine shrapnel so I reported to the Battery M.O. expecting to have it treated, but was sent back to the field hospital on August 3. On August 5 we boarded a hospital ship and set sail for England very early in the morning. About six o’clock around August 8, 1944, we were almost shook out of our bunks by a very bad explosion. Our snip had been torpedoed. The walking patients I was with were at the front of the bottom deck of the ship. By the time we made it up to the main deck the back half of the ship was already under water. There was one life boat and one raft made it off. To my knowledge only one nursing Sister made it. The British marine who got the raft off managed to rescue the nursing sister. Luckily for me I did have the presence of mind to pick up a life jacket. After we tried to do all we could to get life rafts off I noticed this fellow standing just over the rail trying to get his life jacket on. He had been badly burned on his right arm and leg so I took my boots off and took my shoe laces out of my boots and his too and using these laces and my belt I tried to secure his life jacket so it would keep him afloat. (Continued)
Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13 14 It’s important to be thankful. It’s important to remember. Our freedom came with a price.
15 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca Then, just a few minutes before the ship went under, I jumped in far enough to be out of the drag. I told him to jump too but I guess the condition he was in he couldn’t jump in so he just slid over the side of the boat and was sucked under. I never saw him again. About a 100 of us jumped, most without life jackets. From the time we were hit it took only 20 minutes for the ship to go under. There was panic all over the ship. As it went down a bunch of Welsh patients sang “Nearer My God To Thee”. I was in the water about half an hour when an American sub chaser picked me up. A young American sailor helped pull me out of the water. I thought of him many times. I often wished I could meet him again. I had to leave all my wet clothes in the sub chaser and left with a blanket around me. I was in the hospital in England over a week and then was posted to Aldershot and from there to France. I was posted to the 18th Bty. 2nd Antitank Regiment 2nd Division at Dunkirk. From Dunkirk the Battery moved to Antwerp, Belgium, where the 2nd Division was given the task of clearing the enemy from the harbour area. On one particular occasion in the harbour area the battery greatly assisted the 4th Infantry Brigade. The enemy had dug in machine gun positions underneath railway box cars loaded with coal. The 18th Battery brought up two 17 pounder guns and fired directly into the enemy position killing 60 Germans and wounding 30 more and let the 4th Brigade move forward. In November 1944, the battery arrived in Nijmegen, Holland, and took up a defensive position with the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade along the Holland-Germany border. We remained there until the big allied drive was made into Germany through the Reichwald Forrest in February 1945. I was in “C” Troop. Seven enemy Panther tanks were destroyed in two separate attacks with no casualties to our troops. After considerable time the battery started its long campaign through Germany and back again to Holland to take part in the liberating of the Northern part. Once more we returned to Germany where things were very active on the approach to Oldenburg. This point was reached first around V.E. Day. I think it’s only fitting to mention that the 18th Battery of approximately 100 men had 18 Panther tank kills to its credit and numerous self propelled guns and machine gun posts. Out of all the gallant members of the 18th Battery, two officers and 29 other ranks made the supreme sacrifice. A large number were wounded. No less than three M.C.’s one M.M. one Mentioned in Despatches and many C. and C. Certificates were won by the battery. Shortly after the war was over I was posted to the 38th L.A.A. Battery of Winnipeg for our homeward journey on the Queen Elizabeth. I arrived in Winnipeg in November 1945. I received my discharge on January 10, 1946. MEDALS: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Defence Medal France and Germany Star 1939-1945 Star War Medal 1939-1945 Alexander was born in the RM of Minto, Manitoba in 1923. After his service, he returned to Minnedosa to farm. He rented the farm from his mother and step-father and bought it in 1948. On December 30, 1950, Alexander married Verna Gibson fromWaskada. They raised a family of four children - three boys and a girl and they had thirteen grandchildren. In 1989, Alexander and Verna retired to the town of Minnedosa. He was a Life Member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 138 and enjoyed curling and helping out at the farm. In 1992 the 18th Battery had a final big reunion. Before that they had one every year. Alexander passed away in 2017. ABEL, Alexander Brigham (continued)
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17 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ALEX, Hilding Waldemar WWII Hilding was born in Minnedosa in 1918. He was 25 and farming when he joined up on September 14, 1942, with the Royal Canadian Artillery at Ft. Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg. He immediately transferred to the Canadian Provost Corps. He took his basic training at Ft. Osborne Barracks for six weeks. Then he was moved to Provost Detachment and took Provost training for about three months. On February 8, 1943, he was posted to Camp Borden for another three months training. Then in May 1943, he was posted back to Winnipeg. In July he went overseas with the Provost Corps on the Queen Elizabeth. There were about 25,000 troops on board. The trip took four days and four nights without escort from Halifax. They landed at South Hampton. They then travelled to Aldershot for two or three weeks and after that he was sent out to the field unit of 1st Division of the Provost Corps not far from Aldershot. He trained there on motorcycles - Harley Davidson - going up banks and jumping. Once he had a spill, broke his collar bone, and was in hospital on Lady Aster’s Estate for three months. When he got out of hospital, Hilding was posted back to H.Q. in London and was on detachment there for about a year. After that he was posted to Manchester on detachment for another year. Provost duties included jurisdiction over military convoy and military personnel, e.g.: picking up A.W.O.L.’s and deserters. Then he came back to London and was sent on detachment to Reading for about two months. At the end of March 1945, on the outskirts of Reading, Hilding had an accident. He was returning from Quarter Master Store (QMS) to Reading when he had a head on collision with a 1/2-ton truck on his Harley Davidson 45. He landed on the hard top - broke his left wrist and both legs between the knee and the hip. He also injured his back and left foot. His bike was wrecked. The accident was not his fault. A civilian on a bicycle didn’t stop at a stop sign.When he saw Hilding coming, he stopped in the middle of the road thinking he couldn’t make it across. He got off his bike and was jumping all over the place. When Hilding approached him, he swerved to miss him on the opposite side of the road, then swerving back to get on his right side of the road he collided head on with the 1/2-ton truck. He was in an English civilian hospital for a week, then was transferred to an army hospital in Taplow. He was sent there from the end of March to the middle of July 1945. He was then sent back to Canada to Deer Lodge Hospital, Winnipeg until a few days before Christmas. He was able to walk with two canes so was allowed to go home to Minnedosa for Christmas, then went back to Deer Lodge after Christmas for about two months. On September 19, 1945, because he was “unable to meet the required military physical standards”, he was given his discharge. But in the meantime, on June 27, 1945, he got married to Irene Coe, who was in the British Army Women’s Provost Corps. They were married by the Bishop of Buckingham at Toplow Parish Church in Buckinghamshire. Hilding had full body casts on from armpits down to his feet and had to be carried into the church on a stretcher! In two weeks time he was returned to Canada on the hospital ship Lady Nelson. Irene remained in England for another year. She arrived in Canada in May 1946. She had to stay in the army until the end of the Japanese war. Back in Minnedosa he bought a half section west of town and under great duress - lots of pain - he started farming on his own. Their new house was built in 1946. Hilding farmed until 1979 when his disability got much worse. In June 1979, he had a hip replacement. Then in 1988, he had his left knee replaced and the right knee on January 16, 1989, at a cost of $700.00 a day, paid by D.V.A. and Manitoba Medical. Irene and Hilding have three daughters and five grandchildren. The church is a very important part of his life teaching Sunday School, chairman of the board, choir director (sang in the choir since age 17) and served on Deacon Board (still); chairman of the local (27 years) and Sub-District Pool Council for three years, Reeve of Odanah R.M. for seven years (currently reeve), Chairman of Library Board, Member of Hospital Board for 15 years, president of church camp for 20 years, and presently acting as co-ordinator of Canadian Covenant Heights Bible Camp at Clear Lake. He is presently on the new hall committee in Minnedosa, and is also a member of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (a member of the liaison Committee). He was on the executive Board of the Canadian Conference Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada for 17 years. He also sings in the Covenant Church choir for special services such as funerals and weddings. Hilding was a 13-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Gen. Hugh Dyer Branch 138. Hilding received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-1945.
Military Service Recognition Book Volume 13 18 TEAMSTERS RAIL TEAMSTERS CANADA RAIL CONFERENCE DIVISION 583 WINNIPEG Lest We Forget In honour of the 103rd Anniversary of Remembrance Day, the TCRC Div. 583 is proud to support The Royal Canadian Legion in their Military Service Recognition Book.
19 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ALLARD, Fernand WWII Fernand was born in Eriksdale, Manitoba in 1922. In 1941, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Army with the RWR to serve during World War II. He went through training but was never sent out overseas. They were being prepared to be sent but did not go due to the war ending. He was a 28-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion St. Laurent Metis Branch 250. Fernand passed away in 2002. ARASON, Gerald Gordon “Jerry” KOREANWAR Jerry was born on July 15, 1932 in Fort Frances, Ontario, to Sig and Alvena Arason. He was the youngest of four brothers: Walter, Lawrence, and Reuben. Jerry attended school in Fort Frances. He joined the Canadian Army Reserve at the age of fifteen, where he served as a gunner in the artillery from July 15, 1947 to September 30, 1949 after he fibbed a little about his age. In his teen years, he had many different jobs, but his favorite was the summer he spent fighting forest fires in Quetico Park, Ontario. In the 1950’s, he moved to the United States to help his father at Arason’s Body Shop. Jerry registered for the draft when he came to the United States and was drafted and served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1954. During his service, he was stationed in Nuremburg, Germany, where he received his American citizenship. He was extremely proud of his dual citizenship and service to both countries. He returned to the United States to work with his father and brothers at Arason’s Body Shop which he eventually purchased and operated with his own sons. He spent 65 years working in the Body Shop that his father started in 1932. While working for Arason’s Body Shop in 1960, Jerry rescued a young lady named Dolores Dahl who had put her car into a snowy ditch. They were married on October 8, 1960. They had three sons: Douglas Gordon, Thomas Sigurd and Kristopher George. Jerry was a member of VFW, American Legion, Royal Canadian Legion, Elks, Rotary, and First Lutheran Church. He was also very proud of his Icelandic heritage and spoke of that often. Jerry passed away on August 5, 2021 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Loman, Minnesota. He was the last surviving member of his family.
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21 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ARNASON, Gisli Walter SPECIAL DUTY AREA & PEACETIME Gisli was born in Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1931. He joined the Army in Regina and served from 1954 to 1967 when he was discharged in Vancouver. Gisli was a United Nations Peacekeeper who served in the Middle East, Gaza, Lebanon and the Congo. He was a physical instructor trainer in 1957, a storeman (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps) in 1961, and was awarded the UNEF Medal in 1958. Gisli was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Foam Lake Branch 16 for 27 years before he died in 2009. AVISON, George Thomas Gill WWII George was born in Oaknook, Manitoba in 1911. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on January 23, 1940 and served in England as GTA Sergeant 4th Casualty Clearing Station. He returned to Canada on January 27, 1943 and was stationed in Wetaskiwin until his discharge in 1946. George was employed by the Department of Veteran Affairs in Edmonton, Alberta, where he worked until his death on January 23, 1976. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 175 Kingsway, Edmonton for ten years. BABCOCK, George A. WWII George was born in Fort William, Ontario in 1925. He enlisted in the Navy and served on HMCS Griffon, Naden, Givenchy III, Protector II, Stadacona, St. Hyacinthe, Avalon, and Hallowell in Canada and on the High Seas during World War II. He received the 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the War Medal 19391945. He was a 47-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Fort William Branch 6. George passed away in 1992.
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23 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BAILLIE, George WWII George was born in Scotland and he came with his parents to Manitoba and then to Connell Creek, SK. He worked in the mines before enlisting. He enlisted with the R.C.E. on September 15, 1941 and served in Canada, England, Italy, France, and Germany until his discharge on December 17, 1945. He and his wife Evelyn farmed in the Connell Creek area. George passed away in 1968. BARR, Harvey WWI Harvey Barr was born on July 15, 1895, in the Kinsmore District, north of Lenore, Manitoba, the third of eleven children born to George and Jan Barr. Harvey went to school in Kinsmore Country School, farmed, then enlisted on October 25, 1914. His father died one month later and Harvey discharged. He later re-enlisted on November 15, 1915, assigned to the 43rd Battalion, and shipped overseas to France, where he was wounded on September 21, 1916. He returned to active duty in November 1917, survived and de-mobilized in November 1919. He returned to Lenore, married Marion Robertson, having one son. They farmed the home farm, then sold and moved to Saskatchewan, farming a while there. They moved back to Oak River, Manitoba.When WWII broke out, Harvey went to work at nearby Rivers Air Base from 1940 to 1944. He stayed in Oak River until his death in 1951. He, his son who predeceased them, and his wife are buried in Oak River Cemetery. BARRETT, Arthur E. WWII Arthur was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He worked with his father in the shoe repair business before joining the Army. Along with the other members of the Regina Rifles Regiment, he stormed ashore at Juno Beach on D-Day. In the days following, the Germans launched ferocious counter attacks including one on the Reginas in which their HQ was overrun. The Reginas extracted a heavy toll on the Germans, knocking out six tanks, driving the Germans back. Sadly, Arthur could not relish in their victory. He was killed in action and is buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery.
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25 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BARRETT, Percival Hugh “Percy” WWI Percy Barrett enlisted in the 1st Manitoba Regiment on June 29, 1918. He served in Canada and was discharged on March 1, 1919. Percy was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Hodgson Branch. He resided in Fisher Branch until his death in 1952 at the age of 56. BAYES, Arthur Garnet WWII Arthur was born at home, at the RM of Saskatchewan, in 1920. In 1940, when he was farming with his father in the Rapid City area, Arthur tried to enlist in the Army but was refused on account of medical reasons. Later in 1944, after having had surgery, he went back to Ft. Osborne Barracks and tried again. This time he was successful and joined up with the Infantry Corps in February 1944. At that time, he was 24 years old. He was posted to Ft. Garry for four months basic training. While he was there, he came down with Scarlet Fever so had to spend a month in hospital. He was then sent to Portage la Prairie to the casualty re-training centre to recuperate. After one month, Arthur returned to Ft. Garry to complete basic training. His next posting was at Camp Shilo where he took advanced training. That fall he got farm leave and came home for harvest. He missed a draft for overseas. When Arthur made inquiries about having missed his overseas draft, he was told he was medically unfit as the reason. In the spring of 1945, he got a six-week plus farm leave. Late that fall, on October 15, he was discharged with the rank of Private. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Following his discharge, Arthur returned to the farm in Rapid City and began farming on his own. On April 5, 1952, he married Helen Wilson of Winnipeg. They raised one son and four daughters they have eight grandchildren. They moved to Minnedosa in 1984 and farmed from town for four years. In 1988, they retired completely. He is a lifetime member of the Rapid City Agricultural Society and served on the council for the RM of Saskatchewan both as councillor and as Reeve. He enjoyed his association with the A.O.T.S. Club in Minnedosa, (“As One That Serves”), and coffee row. Involvement with family as well as being an avid reader does a great deal in making retirement meaningful and enjoyable. Arthur is the only surviving brother and celebrated his 101st birthday in 2021.
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