177 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NAAYKENS, Peter Lenard WWII Peter was born in Sheho, Saskatchewan, on March 25, 1925. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, serving overseas in Holland, Belgium and Germany. Peter was witness to the many horrors of the concentration camps. After the war, he returned to Winnipeg, where he met and married Ruby Biles and moved to Calgary, AB, until 1948, when he was called home to help with the family business, Naaykens Transport in Beausejour, Manitoba. Peter and Ruby remained in Beausejour and raised a daughter and three sons. Peter was an active member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 132 in Beausejour and he stayed with the family business until illness forced him into an early retirement. He passed away on December 26, 1987. NIELD, Leslie M. WWII Leslie was born in Mowbray, Manitoba, in 1917. He began his basic training as an aero engine mechanic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1941 and was later stationed at St. Thomas, Ontario, and later to Rivers, Manitoba, at their training base. Leslie requested to be posted overseas but remained at Rivers until receiving an honourable discharge on June 21, 1945, at which time he resumed farming at Windygates, Manitoba, on the family farm. He passed away in 2007. NORRIS, Claude W. WWII Claude Norris was born in Morris, Manitoba, in 1911. He enlisted at Barriefield, Ontario, with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in April 1943 and served overseas until 1946. Claude was one of eight brothers who joined the forces and all returned safely. Their parents, Freeman and Olive Norris, must have been very proud of their family. After the war, Claude and his wife, Doreen, had seven sons and lived in Morris, MB. He passed away in 2002, and was a member of Morris Branch 111 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 25 years.
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