221 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca NESBITT, Gordon Brydon WWII Gordon was born in Shoal Lake, Manitoba in 1917. He was killed in action on July 16, 1943, at the age of 26, while serving in England with the 432 Leaside Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. His Wellington aircraft crashed one and a half miles west of Malton, Yorkshire. Flight Sergeant Navigator Nesbitt and his crew are buried in the Ripon Cemetery in Ripon, Yorkshire, England and inscribed on the Shoal Lake cenotaph. Gordon was one of six children of J. R. and Ida Nesbitt of Shoal Lake, Manitoba. NICHOLSON, Alfred “Alf” WWII Alfred was born on January 12, 1912, to Fred and Lucy Nicholson of Franklin, Manitoba. He received his education at the Franklin school. Before joining the army, he was working as a labourer at a hotel and chicken ranch. Alfred enlisted in the army in June 1941. Then in September 1942, he was sent overseas with the 18th Reconnaissance Battalion (AF). It was there, in France, that Trooper Alfred Nicholson was killed in action on August 14, 1944. A fellow soldier witnessed him being killed by flying shrapnel. He was first buried in the Mondeville Cemetery but in April 1946, his body was reburied at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France. Alfred received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Nicholson Island (64 P/4) in Duffin Lakes was named after him in 1985. NICHOLSON, Alice Maud WWII Alice was born on August 12, 1902, to Edward and Lillie (Hosken) Nicholson in Iroquois District, north of Neepawa. She received her education there and after a time, she entered Winnipeg General Hospital to study nursing, graduating in 1927. Alice joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (No. 5 Medical Unit) in 1939 and served overseas in England, Sicily, and Italy. She also worked for a time at the Clivedon Services Hospital in England where she met the Duke of Kent and his family during their visit to theWar Hospital. She returned home to Canada in 1944 and went to work at Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg as a Nursing Sister. She remained there until her retirement in 1965. Lieutenant Alice Nicholson was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Royal Red Cross and Oak Leaf at Government House by Lord Alexander of Tunis for exceptional wartime service. Alice passed away on May 16, 1965 in Winnipeg and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa.
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