103 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca JENKINS, Francis Surrage WWII Francis was born on August 25, 1920, in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, toWilliam and Margaret Jenkins. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 during World War II and was initially with ferry command. He then served in Gibraltar, Cairo, and then Malta.Warrant Officer Class II Francis Surrage Jenkins was killed in action on February 25, 1943, at the age of 23. He was serving with 458 Squadron when his Wellington aircraft was lost in the Mediterranean. The Italian coast guard recovered the bodies and a burial at sea was performed. His name is inscribed on the Malta War Memorial and the Shoal Lake, Manitoba Cenotaph. He was survived by his parents, older brother Robert and sisters Shirley and Maryon. JOHNSON, Bernard Thomas WWII Bernard was born in 1923 in The Pas, Manitoba. He enlisted with the Army in January 1942 and served with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in Canada, Continental Europe, and the United Kingdom. He received the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defense Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Bernard passed away in 1987. JOHNSON, Donovan WWII Donovan was born on March 11, 1918. He joined the Army and landed in France in August 1944, where he hauled a light anti-aircraft gun and trailer of ammunition for the 8th Canadian Light Anti Aircraft 4th Division for a short time and then transferred to the 15th Canadian Field Regiment hauling more ammunition in France, Belgium and Holland until the end of the war. After the war, the Czechoslovakian government borrowed some of the army trucks and Donovan drove the first aid truck for the convoy of trucks through Cologne, Frankfurt, Neinberg, into Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Donovan went back to farming when he returned home. He received the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and the 1939-1945 Defence Medal. Donovan passed away in Russell, Manitoba, on June 10, 1997, and was a member of the Russell Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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