43 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BLACK, John Howard WWII John was born in Fort Francis, Ontario on July 28, 1914. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Flin Flon on April 14, 1941 and served in Europe during World War II. Flight Lieutenant John Black was taken prisoner of war on May 13, 1944. He was discharged in Winnipeg on July 27, 1945 and received the Service Medal. He and his wife Mary had two sons, Ian and Ronald. He has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Flin Flon Branch 73. BOYLE, Kenneth Donald “Ken” WWII Kenneth was born on August 4, 1919, to E.P. and Rosemary (McHale) Boyle in Neepawa, Manitoba. He received his early education in Neepawa and then went to St. Paul’s High School in Winnipeg. He received his Bachelor of Science (Dairying) from the University of Minnesota in 1941. Ken enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and served as a Link Instructor at the rank of Sergeant until his discharge in 1945. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Doyle, were married in April 1945. He went on to teach Dairy Science at California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo. Ken passed away on September 26, 1977 in San Luis Obispo. He has been memorialized at his family plot in Neepawa’s Riverside Cemetery, Lot 3, Block 7, Range 5. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Neepawa Branch 23. BRIESE, Marguerite Eleanor WWII Marguerite was born on January 3, 1919, to Julius and Rose Briese in Neepawa, Manitoba. She enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Regiment in 1942. During World War II, she worked at aircraft mechanics in Portage la Prairie and served with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRENS) from 1942 to 1945. In the medical branch of the Navy, Marguerite nursed on hospital wards in Halifax and St. John’s, Newfoundland as one of the nursing sisters. In the services, she was known to the patients as “Judy”. One of the men in the hospital where she worked wrote a poem about her. Upon discharge in 1945, she returned to Neepawa to work as an LPN at the Neepawa Hospital for three years. She married her husband, Roy Baker, in September 1947 and they moved to Hamilton, Ontario. Together they had four children, Glenn Russell, and triplets Bonnie, Barbara and Allan. Marguerite passed away on May 4, 1997 in Hamilton and is buried there.
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