219 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NADEAU, Louis George PEACETIME Louis was born in Thetford Mines, Quebec on April 22, 1927. He enlisted in the Army and served with RCASC in 1947 and CIC in 1951. He was posted to Churchill, Manitoba in 1948; Ottawa in 1955;Winnipeg in 1961; Fredericton, NB in 1962 and retired in February 1964. He was married to Joy Hipwell. He owned a business in Neepawa and resided in Manipogo, Manitoba in 1993; Kelowna, BC in 2014 and retired to Brandon, Manitoba in 1996. Louis is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Neepawa Branch 23. NELSON, Gideon Morris WWII Gideon was born in 1913. In the spring of 1941, at the age of 28, he was working in the Canada Packers plant in Winnipeg when he enlisted in the Canadian Provost Corps at Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg. He was put on troop and civilian train patrol right away, travelled east and west in Canada, but mostly east. His job was keeping law and order on the trains, and checking military personnel passes with the conductor. They always worked in twos and checked for AWOLs and draft dodgers. He was later posted to Valcartier, Quebec. A Company was formed, virtually an army ‘Zombie’ camp. His partner was French. Gideon’s next posting was to Debert, Nova Scotia. He did general Provost duty at Debert and escorted POWs to wherever they were being sent – Ontario and Manitoba mainly. Sussex, Nova Scotia was where he was sent next on detachment. He was then transferred to Halifax. Gideon stayed in Sussex until he was sent to Borden, where he took a course. In May 1945, after V. E. Day, he left for overseas on the Ile de France. They were in a convoy across the Atlantic. The trip took about five days, they docked in Liverpool. When they disembarked, they were taken to Aldershot, then to Crookham Crossroads, about two miles away. There were about sixty men in that posting. The other sixty men went to Guilford, and some went to London. Gideon’s Company was #11 Canadian Provost Corps. Gideon was on motorcycle duty when P.M. McKenzie King came over to visit Canadian Troops. The P.M. was booed at some of his stops over the conscription issue. They stayed at Aldershot for about a year until spring of 1946. During July 4-5, 1945, they had a lot of trouble and few men to deal with it. When the 3rd Division came back from Europe, a riot occurred that resulted in considerable property damage to the town. Canadian soldiers were tired of waiting to be repatriated. They arrested the ring leaders. Orders came from London to let them go - from the Brigadier General. The Corps did not have pistols, just billy clubs. They would have all been killed if they had tried to stop the rioting soldiers. His company came back to Canada on the Queen Mary with about 25,000 troops in the spring of 1946. Gideon was discharged at Ft. Osborne Barracks in April 1946 with the rank of Lance Corporal. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence of Britain Medal, 1939-1945 Star, and War Medal 1939-1945. He then went farming, south of Minnedosa. On October 16, 1946, he married Dorothy Carlson of the Hazelwood District southeast of Minnedosa. They farmed until 1973 with their son, Leonard, who then took over the farm. In retirement, Gideon enjoyed playing Cribbage and helping on the farm. He was a lifetime member of The Royal Canadian Legion Minnedosa Branch 138.
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