53 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca CURISTON, Samuel Edward WWI Samuel was born on March 10, 1882. He lived in Manitoba and moved to Saskatchewan to homestead in 1905. Samuel enlisted with the 45th Overseas Battalion, CEF, at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on March 27, 1915 during World War I. Samuel transferred to the 28th Battalion in France on May 7, 1916 and was reported missing in action on June 6, 1916 at Sanctuary Wood. He was later declared dead and his name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Samuel’s older brother William John died at the Battle of Festubert on May 8, 1915 and his younger brother Charles Roland was wounded at Cambrai on September 27, 1918. DAILY, Larry William PEACETIME Larry was born on March 12, 1948 in Miami, Manitoba. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served from April 1968 to 1973. Larry was with the Construction and Engineering sections at CFB Borden and CFB Lahr in Germany as well as in Alert, Northwest Territories and Moose Jaw in 1975.While there, he helped with the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 and then did a six-month tour at Ismailia, Egypt where he met with a fatal vehicle accident on November 10, 1977. His body was returned to Moose Jaw where he was laid to rest at Rosedale Cemetery at the age of 29. Sergeant Daily received the NATO Peacekeeping Medal, the UN Service Medal and the Dag Hammerskjold Medal for his duty in Ismailia. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Moose Jaw Branch 59 for two years. deBALINHARD, William Carnegy CRIMEANWAR William was born in Staffordshire, England on October 23, 1834. At age 20, he received a commission in the 47th Loyal Lancashire Regiment and saw two years of active service in the Crimean War. After hostilities, William returned to England where he married. In 1861, he accompanied his Regiment to Canada with his family. While serving in Canada, Major deBalinhard led an advance at Ridgeway against the Fenians and was successful in driving them back into the United States. William and his family returned to England with his Regiment in 1869 and in 1873, he took his discharge from the Army. The family immigrated to Canada in 1876 where William eventually became a Dominion Land Agent, living in such places as Calgary, Yorkton, and Birtle, Manitoba. William retired in 1909 and made Russell, Manitoba his home. He died on November 3, 1921 and was the last surviving veteran of the 1854-56 Crimean War living in Canada.
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