91 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca HARRIS, Frederick “Frank” WWII Frank was born in Langruth, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Army to serve during World War II. Frank left Canada from Vancouver on October 27, 1941, arriving in Hong Kong on November 16. The Grenadiers, along with The Royal Rifles of Canada, were sent to Hong Kong to reinforce the British Troops already there. Four hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked Hong Kong. It is unclear when Frank became a prisoner of war, but the Commonwealth troops surrendered on December 25, 1941. Forced into hard labour, starved, and beaten, Frank endured camps in Hong Kong and in Japan. He was liberated in 1945 and returned home to the Portage area. Frank never married and fighting the demons of battle and imprisonment, Frank died in 1981. HAYS, David Balfour WWI &WWII David was born in Stonewall, Manitoba, in 1895. He served in World War I in Germany, France, Belgium and Holland. He moved to Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, in the 1920’s and served in World War II with the Saskatoon Light Infantry Machine Gun Corps, 221st Battalion. He married Helen Joyce Davies in Oswestry, England, in 1942 and had two children born in England. Dave was discharged on August 2, 1945 and returned to the Harlan District, north of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, to farm and had two more children. Helen returned to England in 1949. Dave was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Frenchman Butte Branch 183. He passed away in 1977 and is buried at the Fort Pitt Cemetery, Saskatchewan. HEAPE, William B. WWII William was born in Hartney, Manitoba in 1922 and joined the D-Company, 48th Highlanders of Canada, serving in Italy and the Mediterranean. He passed away in 2007 and was a Life Member of Hartney Branch 26 of The Royal Canadian Legion for sixty years.
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