225 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SMITH, A. Ralph WWII Ralph was born in Roland, Manitoba, in 1914. He joined the 4th Armoured Division, 12th Field Dressing Station in 1942, at age 28. He embarked for the UK on July 21, 1943, and for France on July 21, 1944, landing at Ryhes near Bayeaux and on to Belgium, Holland and Germany. His training started at Fort Osborne Barracks then Camp Shilo, Vancouver and Camp Debert, NS. He was stationed in Sussex, England, and billeted in premises known as Trulls Hatch for nine months. On July 24, 1944, they drove their vehicles off the LST410 onto two platforms of the floating dock and were rolling along the pontoon bridge toward the beaches of France, and at one point were bombed by allied planes due to error and lack of communication. After the cease-fire on May 5, 1945, Ralph signed up for the South Pacific and was sent back to Canada and was discharged on January 25, 1946. He passed away in 1986 and had been a member of Roland Branch 48 of The Royal Canadian Legion for forty years. SMITH, James W. WWI James joined the 222nd Battalion and was assigned to the 116th Forestry Corps serving in England. No more information is available. SMITH, Murray S. WWII Murray was born in Transcona on July 22, 1919. He entered the services of the CNR as a call boy. He married Evelyn Edna Bales on September 1, 1937, and they had two daughters, Shelby and Sharon. His employment with CN was interrupted by World War Two when he joined the Royal Canadian Engineers Lake Superior Regiment serving in Belgium, England, Holland, Germany and France. He received the France and Germany Star, Voluntary Service Medal, Defence Medal, and George VI Medal. Murray served from October 1943 to March 1946. He later became a switchman and remained at that position until illness truck him sometime in the 1970s, forcing him into an early retirement. Murray died of cancer and heart disease in 1984, at the age of 64. He had been a member of Transcona Branch 7 of The Royal Canadian Legion for thirty years.
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