111 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca KENT, Sidney Arthur “Sid” WWII Sidney, often called Sid, was born on October 4, 1909 in Kenton, Manitoba to parents George and Julia Kent, who had four sons and two daughters. Sidney attended school in Kenton, learned marksmanship from his father, and helped with farming, before enlisting in the Canadian Army. He served during WWII in Italy, France, Holland, through victory to Germany. Sidney received medals and stars for Volunteer, Defense, Victory Europe, Italy, and WWII. His brothers, David and Harvey, and father, George, are all are recognized in this volume. The Kent siblings all learned marksmanship from their father who was a world-class shot. With his brother Fred, Sidney operated a mink farm near Kenton, then, being keen hunters themselves, a hunting lodge on Lake Manitoba, before moving to British Columbia, where he married Mabel Reitan in 1966. Mabel was known to family as Teddy. Their son Robert was born in 1967. Sidney and Mabel operated a family store, before his passing in 1988 in Victoria, BC. KNIGHT, Ronald Bradley “Brad” WWII Brad was born in Langruth, Manitoba, on March 17, 1924 and moved to Regina. On June 16, 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy serving on the HMCS Drumheller, a flower class Corvette. He was discharged on August 9, 1945 and went to work at various jobs before settling with Canada Post. Brad passed away on August 31, 2007. KOLSTAD, Carl WWII Carl was born in 1908 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and came with his parents to homestead in the Viscount, Saskatchewan district. He was one of five siblings who enlisted: Gus, Arnold and Carl in the Royal Canadian Navy, Avis and Les in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After his discharge, he was a commercial fisherman until he died in 1974.
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