103 The Royal Canadian Legion www.mbnwo.legion.ca HILLMAN, Edgar WWI Edgar was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1877. He served with the British Army in France and in Belgium during World War I. He arrived in Canada in 1927 and had five sons, Stan, Bill, Vic (Army), Gil (RCAF) and Francis. Edgar passed away in 1980. HINDSON, Joseph WWI Joseph was born in Holme Park, Westmorland, England. He moved to Golden Stream, Manitoba in 1909. In 1916, he was with CEF 61 Battalion and transferred to 44th Battalion. Joseph was taken prisoner for two years as a German Prisoner of War. He bought SW ¼ of 33-13-11. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Gladstone Branch 110 and was interested in all aspects of his community. Joseph passed away at Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg in December 1965. HUGHES, Victor W. KOREA & PEACETIME Victor was born on January 14, 1929, toWallace and Ivy Hughes of Rainy River, Ontario. He attended school there and as a young man, called crews for the C.N.R. In April 1948, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy in Esquimalt, BC and served in Canada, Korea and in the Far East on HMCS Ontario and Crescent. During the Korean Conflict, as a gun layer on the Destroyer HMCS Sioux, he was awarded the Korean and UN Service Medals. Victor was honourably discharged in April 1953 and he married Helen Hrynyk in 1954. He worked for the C.N.R. until 1962 when he became employed with Revenue Canada as customs inspector in Fort Frances, retiring in 1990. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Rainy River/Fort Frances Branch 29 for 51 years. Victor passed away on January 25, 2001.
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