83 The Royal Canadian Legion www.mbnwo.legion.ca CLOUTIER, Joseph J. “Joe” KOREA Joe was born in The Pas, Manitoba in 1927 and joined the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry as a Private in Winnipeg on September 7, 1950. He trained at Calgary, AB and Fort Lewis, Washington. While at Fort Lewis, he transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and served in Japan as well as in Korea as a truck driver, hauling ammunition and supplies to the front lines. On one occasion, while returning from the front during an action, Joe encountered a convoy moving vital supplies up. He pulled his truck off the road into an area he knew to be mined and was wounded in the explosion when his truck hit a mine. For this action, Joe was awarded Mentioned-in-Dispatches on July 28, 1952. The official letter notifying Private Cloutier reads in part, “in recognition of gallantry and outstanding service in Korea.” Joe passed away in 2007 and was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion The Pas Branch 19 for 55 years. CLYDE, Thelma Jean WWII Thelma was born to William and Janet Clyde of Neepawa, Manitoba. She enlisted in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1942 and was sent overseas. Thelma received a driving award from the Winnipeg Tribune twice. She married her husband, Victor Rogal, in 1945 and they lived in Flin Flon, Manitoba for most of their lives. Thelma passed away on December 21, 2003, in Kamloops, British Columbia. CLARE, Arthur Murray WWI Murray was born on January 23, 1894, in Neepawa and was attending medical school when he enlisted in World War I. On January 25, 1915, he enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps and was sent overseas to England. While serving, Dr. Clare was struck with a machine gun bullet which pierced his heart, and lived just long enough to tell his orderlies to carry their patient to a place of safety. One orderly obeyed his commands, while the other, according to his own statement, laid down beside his master to make sure he was dead, so nobody felt a possibility of doubt that he had given up his life. Dr. Clare could not himself account for the fact that he survived as the bullet was started straight for his heart when it entered his tunic, but came out just beneath his heart on the other side. He laid on the battlefield conscious at intervals, and spattered with shrapnel, until the next day, when he was picked up by two stalwart Germans. Murray was discharged the following year on January 22, 1916 so he could return to Canada to finish his medical studies. Murray passed away on May 4, 1982, in Nanaimo, BC.
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