Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 57 continued ... Sydney ‘Syd’Goodman from Ferguson's Cove was 18 when he left Halifax aboard the Manchester Commerce from Pier 3 on 18 February 1939. He enlisted in the 2/Mancs and served with that regiment for the duration of the war. Syd celebrated Christmas in Le Mans France in 1939. He survived the fighting of May-June 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk back to England. Christmas 1942 was in Poona (Pune), India; Christmas 1943 was in Belgaum, India; and Christmas 1944 was in Kalewa, Burma. He fought in the famous Battle of Imphal-Kohima during the period of March-June 1944. Syd was back in England for Christmas 1945 and was home in Halifax for Christmas 1946. His joy of being reunited with his family for Christmas 1946 was tempered by the fact his older brother Jack was absent having died while a POW on the Thailand/Burma in 1943. After the war Syd ran his own business for several years. In later years he was employed driving tanker trucks that refilled the gas stations throughout the province. He did this until 1980 when he retired and moved to the Lunenburg area. Diagnosed with cancer around 1996, Syd passed away on 2 December 1998 at age 78. As was his wish he was cremated and buried with his father at Fort Massey Cemetery in Halifax. Richard Osbourne Frail was born on 5 August 1911, in Chester, to Harris and Grace Frail. He became a volunteer fire fighter in Chester in 1937. Richard travelled to England and enlisted in the 2/Mancs in 1939. In 1941 transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps where he served as a corporal, seeing service in North Africa and Italy. After the war he married Yvonne Evelina LaFrance Frail in 1946. Richard died on 9 April 1955 and is buried in St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery, Chester. Thomas Raymond 'Ray' Goodhew, the son of Thomas and Pearl (Marriot) Goodhew, was born 29 April 1921. He grew up on Clifton Street in Halifax. Ray is identified as the youngest Nova Scotian recruit in the ‘Halifax 100’ story. He enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 24 April 1939. Ray was on a training course in England at the time of the German Offensive in May-June 1940 and was recruited as a crewman for one of the many boats sent over to rescue his comrades from Dunkirk. He remained with the 2/Mancs for the duration of the war. Ray married Joyce Broadhurst January 1946 in Ashton-under-Lyne, England, before his return to Canada. They raised two sons together. Ray worked as a truck driver before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He served at Zweibrucken, Germany; North Bay, Ontario; Bagotville, Quebec; and Val-d'Or, Quebec. He retired as a sergeant, after a combined army/air force career of 30 years. Sadly, shortly after retirement, Ray was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and valiantly fought this insidious disease until his death on 19 May 2003 in Powassan, Ontario, at age 82. Gordon Grant of Halifax enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 21 March 1939. No information about his wartime service is available at this time. He may have been Gordon Edward Wilcox Grant who was born in Halifax on 4 August 1919, or he may have been the Gordon Kenneth Grant who was born on 10 April 1919 in Elderbank, Halifax County. Martin Randall 'Macks' Hall was born in Sandy Point, NL, and was a son of the late William and Cecilia (Swyers) Hall. He grew up in Lakeside and Seabright, Halifax County. In 1941 he left 2/Mancs and transferred to the Canadian Army. Macks served in the Royal Canadian Engineers in Northwest Europe. After the war he was employed with the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires in the City of Halifax. He married Mary Allison Christie on 16 May 1947 at Lakeside. They had four children; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Martin Randall 'Macks' Hall died on 3 August 2005 in Stoney Creek, ON, at age 87. He is buried in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Cemetery, Tantallon, NS. continued ...
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