81 The Royal Canadian Legion www.mbnwo.legion.ca CARMICHAEL, John Archibald “Archie” WWII Archie was born on April 13, 1916, to Donald and Edith Carmichael of Oberon, Manitoba. He received his education at Oberon and Neepawa before going to Winnipeg where he attended Normal School. After six years teaching in various places in Manitoba, Archie joined the YMCA War Services in 1940 to help open Air Force Training Stations on the prairies. In February 1941, he joined the RCAF in Virden, Manitoba and trained as a navigator. From there, he was sent overseas for operational flying in a Group 5 Bombing Squadron. On April 26, 1944, about fifty aircraft were sent on a bombing attack on a ball bearing works in Germany. Their Lancaster was hit and the crew bailed out. He spent ten nerve-wracking days before being captured and then spending the remainder of the war, approximately twelve months, as a prisoner of war in Stalag Lufe III. He was released in July 1945. Upon his return to Canada, his first job was for the University of Manitoba receiving degrees in Arts, Social Work and Education before attending McGill University where he obtained his degree in Social Work. Archie and his wife, Allison Farmer of Winnipeg, were married in September 1950. Archie passed away in Winnipeg on August 26, 2001. CAWSTON, Clare WWII Clare was born in 1925 to George William (Will) and Ethel (Davidson) of Kelwood, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in August 1943 and was first posted to Edmonton for depot training before being sent to the #20 Pre-aircraft Education Detachment in Saskatoon. He was then sent to No. 8 Repair Depot in Winnipeg where he was released. He would later be rushed to the Deer Lodge Hospital for acute appendicitis, and his call from the army arrived before the end of his sick leave, for which he reported to the Osbourne Barracks in Winnipeg. Cawston was then sent to Camp Borden to be trained for the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. He was awaiting his overseas posting when the war ended. After returning home, he married his wife, Joyce. They left the Kelwood area in 1955 and by 1959 had permanently settled in Virden, Manitoba. Clare worked as a geological consultant and eventually started his own drilling company. He was a member of the Virden Legion Branch 8 for 62 years. CHUDLEY, Albert Cleaveland “Cleave” WWII Cleave was born on December 12, 1892, to Will and Alice (Farley) Chudley in Exeter, England. He arrived in Canada in 1911 and worked in the Neepawa area before moving close to Brookdale. The rest of his family immigrated to Canada the following year. Cleave enlisted at Shilo in 1915 and trained at Camp Hughes with his brother, Bern, in the C Company of the 226th Battalion. He was sent overseas to France and fought on the front lines, receiving the Military Medal for bravery on September 14, 1917. He carried a comrade on his back to safety during the battle. At the end of the war, he remained in England and was in charge of the troops embarking for Canada. Returning to Canada in 1919, he worked for a short time before purchasing his own farm through the Soldiers Settlement Board. Cleave married Elizabeth Tweedie on November 11, 1920. She passed away a year later after the birth of their first child. On March 21, 1931, he remarried to Freda Swanson of Brookdale.When World War II broke out, Cleave took an active part, serving with the local Manitoba Dragoons. He trained at Shilo. Cleave passed away on March 17, 1961, and is buried in the Brookdale Cemetery.
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