149 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca MINERS, Reginald “George” WWI George was born in Plymouth Devonshire, England, on September 3, 1888, and came to Canada when he was fifteen years old. He worked on a dairy farm in Ontario for a year, then made his way to Manitoba and then to Prince Albert National Park making his living by trapping muskrats. He enlisted in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on March 30, 1915, with the 53rd Battalion as a Sapper and served in France where he was wounded and sent home to Saskatchewan and raised a family of four children. He lived in Debden and retired to Prince Albert until he passed away on February 3, 1969. MOLONEY, David Thomas WWII David was born in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, in 1920, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Moloney. He joined the Regina Rifle Regiment, 1st Battalion and served in Canada, France and England. He was 24 years old when he was killed in action on June 9, 1944, leaving behind his wife Mary Moloney of Fleet, Hampshire, England. Lance Corporal Moloney is buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery (IV.E.13) in Calvados, France. He is also commemorated on page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. MONTGOMERY, Albert James H. “Red” WWI Albert James H. “Red” Montgomery was born on April 23, 1898 in St. Clair, Manitoba. He was working in the Tofield area when he enlisted with the 211 American Legion Battalion. He served overseas during World War I. He returned to Tofield after the war.
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