107 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca KAZMIR, Andrew Nickolas WWII Andrew was born in Dauphin, Manitoba on October 8, 1917. He moved later to Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Andrew served in the Army during World War II with the Prince Albert Volunteers. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the 1939-1945 War Medal. Andrew lived in Cadomin, Alberta after the war and worked for Mannix Ltd. as a catskinner. He continued his employment even as his health failed, and he passed away on October 15, 1982. Andrew’s brother Lawrence also served in the Army during World War II. KELLINGTON, Wilfred Pierce WWI &WWII Wilfred was born to James Vines and Anna Laura (McLaughlin) Kellington on January 28, 1896 in Rosedale Municipality, Manitoba and came with his parents and siblings to a homestead in Naicam, SK. On October 27, 1916, he enlisted in Watson, SK as a Private with the 214th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force.While in the trenches in France, he suffered poison gas attacks and was wounded in the head and leg on August 8, 1918. He was released in Regina on January 24, 1919.Wilfred re-enlisted as a Private in the Canadian Army (Active) on July 23, 1940 and was in Halifax, bound for England, when he was found to be too old. He was returned to Regina and transferred to the Canadian Provost Corps. Wilfred was released on medical grounds on April 27, 1942. He passed away while visiting his brother in Red Deer, AB on July 6, 1980 and is interred in the Naicam Cemetery. KENNEDY, Douglas Hall “Doug” WWII Doug was born in Ethelbert, Manitoba on September 12, 1917. He enlisted in the Army with the 3rd Battalion Royal Winnipeg Rifles (CA) on July 16, 1942. He transferred to the Prince Edward Island Highlanders on August 1, 1943 and to the Canadian Provost Corps on August 3, 1945. He served in Canada and the United Kingdom during World War II. While in the Canadian Provost Corps, Doug was assigned toWarden duty. Here, he met and guarded the notorious SS Commander Kurt Meyer, of the 12th SS Panzer Division, as a German War Prisoner of Canada. He (Meyer) was dressed in a Canadian Army uniform as they transported him back to Canada from the United Kingdom for trial in Canada. There was a lot of communication between Meyer and his jailer Doug. They got to know each other somewhat. Meyer wrote a letter to Ellen, Doug’s wife, in very broken English saying what a good man Doug was. He was discharged from the Canadian Army on June 18, 1946. Doug received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. He was a 49-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Swan River Branch 39. Doug passed away in 1999.
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