43 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BADGER, Gerald WWII Gerald was born in 1923 in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, to Roy, a World War I Veteran, and Elizabeth Badger. He joined up in Winnipeg and was sent overseas with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Upon returning home in 1945, he married Olive Chegwin and they had two children, Ken and Sharon. Unfortunately, Ken died in a tragic farm accident in 1978, leaving behind a wife, Wilma, and a daughter, Karla. Sharon, a nurse, married Ron Zuk in Winnipeg and they had a son, Cory. Gerald worked hard all his life being active in the community, curling, and The Royal Canadian Legion Shoal Lake Branch. After moving into a new home in town in 2000, Gerald sadly passed away on December 24 of that year. Olive lived a full life in Shoal Lake and passed away in June 2021, at the age of 92. Gerald also had two sisters, Jean and Edna. He was one of a long line of patriotic Canadians in the Badger family of Shoal Lake who served in the armed forces overseas in both world wars and Korea. BAILEY, Thomas A. SPECIAL DUTY AREA & PEACETIME Thomas was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1944. He enlisted in the Naval Air and served on HMCS Algonquin, HMCSYukon, HMCS Bonaventure, V5880, CFB Shearwater, CFB Ottawa, CFB Winnipeg, CFB Trenton and VT406 in Canada, England, the High Seas (Atlantic and Pacific). He also served in Rwanda. Thomas received the CD. BAKER, Clara Bessie Clara was born in Saskatoon on April 14, 1932. She enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Saskatoon on July 14, 1951 and served in Canada and in Europe. Corporal Clara Baker was discharged in Lachine, Quebec on July 13, 1956. She has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Flin Flon Branch 73.
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