49 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca COSTELLA (REESE), Annie Maud WWII Annie was born in Gladstone, Manitoba in 1919 and enlisted with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps. She was head waitress in the Officer’s Mess before taking a nursing course at Camp Borden and then began nursing in a Shilo Hospital. At the end of the war, she entered St. Boniface Hospital to do her Lab degree then worked at a Winnipeg clinic and later at Victoria Hospital. Annie married William Reese in 1955 and they both belonged to Fort Rouge Branch 97 of The Royal Canadian Legion, being a member for 49 years. Annie passed away on February 2, 1994. COSTELLO, Howard James WWII Howard was born on September 19, 1921 and enlisted in the Army in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 15, 1942. He served in England in the same unit where his brother, Lorne, was stationed as well as in France, Belgium, Germany and Holland, where he participated in its liberation. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Defence Medal. Howard was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Fort Frances Branch 9 before he passed away on May 30, 2010. He is buried in the Veteran’s plot in Fort Frances, Ontario. COUCKUYT, Brian D. SPECIAL AREA DUTY Brian was born in Boissevain, Manitoba in 1959 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving in Canada and the High Seas on the HMCS Kootenay, Restigouche, Gatineau, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Qu’Appelle, Regina and Saskatchewan. Brian passed away in 2007 and was a member of the Esquimalt Dockyard Branch 172, of The Royal Canadian Legion BC/YT Command.
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