153 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NICHOLLS, Lewis WWII Lewis was born in Manitoba in 1926. He joined the Army at fifteen years old and served with the Counter-Mortar Unit of the 1st Canadian Radar Battery in Canada, England, France, Belgium, and Holland. He married, had four children, and worked as a miner in Sudbury, Ontario. Lewis was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Sudbury for 42 years before he died in 1988. He is buried in Wahnapitae, Ontario. NICHOLS, Harvey WWI Harvey was born on the family farm on March 19, 1896. He was the first son, second born of three brothers and two sisters, to parents Thomas and Ethelda Nichols, from Ontario, who had homesteaded one mile northwest of Lenore, Manitoba in 1889. Pioneer farming was Harvey’s life, with schooling in Lenore. Thomas sold the farm and moved to Lenore to run a coal business. Harvey enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on March 31, 1916. He was assigned to the 184th Overseas Battalion and soon transferred to the 27th Battalion. He was slightly wounded by shrapnel on August 21, 1917 and returned to duty on August 26. He was killed in action on November 6, 1917. Harvey is buried in the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery near Flanders, Belgium. All the rest of his family are gone, whereabouts unknown. His parents are buried in Breadalbane Cemetery near Lenore. NOGA, John WWII John was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 9, 1914. He served with the 25th Bty 9th L.A.A. Regiment R.C.A. (AF) in Petawawa during World War II. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Camrose Branch 57 for 45 years. John passed away in January 2000.
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